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A few articles of possible interest...

Trading bars for bookstores: After home and work, it's the place to be (WHY
NOT LIBRARIES? Bookstores have come to fill the role of what urban
sociologist and author Ray Oldenburg called a "third place," an informal
public gathering space outside of home (first place) and work (second
place). Traditional third places, Oldenburg said from his home in Florida,
were drugstore soda fountains and taverns, places where people could mingle,
sit back and enjoy some human contact that wasn't the boss or the spouse. As
those socializing institutions have changed, the bookstore has grown into
something other than a store that sells books: community center,
entertainment venue, psychological refuge and study hall -- sometimes one
more than the other, sometimes all bound up as one.)

Lexington Herald Leader. Mar. 10, 2005

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/people/11087011.htm
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/people/11087011.htm> 

Audiobooks on IPod Shuffles (A Long Island library is now loaning out iPod
Shuffles (that tiny, white, screenless model) preloaded with audio books.
Instead of having an entire book take up several CDs, one book fits within
several MP3 files... The library currently stocks both versions of the iPod
shuffle -- six of the 1-GB model, and four of the 512-MB model. The library
has the potential to save a great deal of money.  Audio books on CD cost the
library around $75, compared with $15 or $25 in MP3 format. The library is
also doing its part to prevent piracy because it's much harder to get files
off an iPod than a CD.)

New York Times. March 10, 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/10/technology/poguesposts/10pogues-posts.html
?oref=login
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/10/technology/poguesposts/10pogues-posts.htm
l?oref=login> 

A Novel Feature (Japanese cell-phone owners are using them to read
full-length novels. The mobile phone has become so widespread as an
entertainment and communications device that reading e-mail, news headlines
and weather forecasts is routine. Several mobile Web sites offer hundreds of
novels; classics, best sellers and some works written especially for the
medium. Cell-phone novels are downloaded in short installments and run on
handsets as Java-based applications. Reading a novel via cell phone could
come soon to the United States, where cell phones are increasingly used for
relaying data, video, digital photos, and music. Cell-phone books are also
gradually starting to gain popularity in China and South Korea. In Japan,
some people are hooked, finding the phone an intimate tool for reading.) 

Lexington Herald Leader. Mar. 19, 2005 

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/world/11177727.htm
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/world/11177727.htm> 

And next, TV over your home phone line: Cincinnati Bell spars with cable
providers (Cincinnati Bell by October plans to offer Internet-Protocol
television, or IPTV, a technology that uses high-speed phone lines to
transmit video with digital quality and even high-definition video and audio
to individual customers. This means many of its residential customers could
have an alternative to cable or satellite. That competition could lead to
lower prices and more viewing options. It is seen as a one-stop source for
customers' telecommunications needs. It's also a way for them to answer the
encroachment by cable companies nationwide and locally on phone and Internet
business traditionally telephone companies.) 

Covington Kentucky Enquirer. Mar. 20, 2005 

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050320/BIZ01/503200373
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050320/BIZ01/50320037
3> 

Jimmie Epling, Regional Librarian

FIVCO/Big Sandy Regional Office

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

P.O. Box 370, 122 South Main Cross St. 

Louisa, KY 41230-0370

V: 606.638.4797  F:606.638.0586

jimmie.epling@ky.gov

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A few articles of possible =
interest...</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p>

Trading bars for bookstores: After =
home and
work, it's the place to be (WHY NOT LIBRARIES? Bookstores have come =
to fill the
role of what urban sociologist and author Ray Oldenburg called a =
&quot;third
place,&quot; an informal public gathering space outside of home (first =
place)
and work (second place). Traditional third places, Oldenburg said from his home in =
Florida, were drugstore soda =
fountains and
taverns, places where people could mingle, sit back and enjoy some =
human
contact that wasn't the boss or the spouse. As those socializing =
institutions
have changed, the bookstore has grown into something other than a store =
that
sells books: community center, entertainment venue, psychological =
refuge and
study hall -- sometimes one more than the other, sometimes all bound up =
as
one.)

Lexington Herald Leader. Mar. 10, =
2005

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href=3D"http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/people/11087011.htm"=
>http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/people/11087011.htm</a></sp=
an></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p>

Audiobooks on IPod Shuffles</=
font> (A Long Island library is now loaning out iPod Shuffles =
(that tiny,
white, screenless model) preloaded with audio books. Instead of having =
an
entire book take up several CDs, one book fits within several MP3 =
files...
The library currently stocks both versions of the iPod shuffle -- six =
of the
1-GB model, and four of the 512-MB model. The library has the potential =
to save
a great deal of money. &nbsp;Audio books on CD cost the library around =
$75,
compared with $15 or $25 in MP3 format. The library is also doing its =
part to
prevent piracy because it's much harder to get files off an iPod than a
CD.)

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>New York Times. </span></font><font
 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>March 10, =
2005</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/10/technology/poguesposts/10pogue=
s-posts.html?oref=3Dlogin">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/10/technology/=
poguesposts/10pogues-posts.html?oref=3Dlogin</a></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

A Novel =
Feature (Japanese cell-phone =
owners are using
them to read full-length novels. The mobile phone has become so =
widespread as
an entertainment and communications device that reading e-mail, news =
headlines
and weather forecasts is routine. Several mobile Web sites offer =
hundreds of
novels; classics, best sellers and some works written especially for =
the
medium. Cell-phone novels are downloaded in short installments and run =
on
handsets as Java-based applications. Reading a novel via cell phone =
could come
soon to the United
 States, where
cell phones are increasingly used for relaying data, video, digital =
photos, and
music. Cell-phone books are also gradually starting to gain popularity =
in China and South Korea. In Japan, some people are hooked, finding the phone =
an
intimate tool for reading.)

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D3 =
face=3DArial><span
  =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lexington</span></font><fon=
t
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> Herald Leader. =
</span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>Mar. =
19, 2005</span></font><font
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><a
href=3D"http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/world/11177727.htm">ht=
tp://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/world/11177727.htm</a></span></f=
ont></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><b><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p>

And next, TV over your home phone line: =
Cincinnati Bell=
 spars with cable providers =
(Cincinnati
Bell by October plans to offer Internet-Protocol television, or IPTV, a
technology that uses high-speed phone lines to transmit video with =
digital
quality and even high-definition video and audio to individual =
customers. This
means many of its residential customers could have an alternative to =
cable or
satellite. That competition could lead to lower prices and more viewing
options. It is seen as a one-stop source for customers'
telecommunications needs. It's also a way for them to answer the =
encroachment
by cable companies nationwide and locally on phone and Internet =
business
traditionally telephone companies.)

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Covington</span></font>
 Kentucky Enquirer. Mar. 20, 2005 </p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><a
href=3D"http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20050320/B=
IZ01/503200373">http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D/20=
050320/BIZ01/503200373</a></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Jim</span></font>mie
 Epling, Regional Librarian</p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>FIVCO/Big
Sandy Regional Office</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Kentucky
Department for Libraries and Archives</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>P.O.
  Box</span></font> 370, 122 South Main Cross St. </p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Louisa</span></font>,
 KY 41230-0370</p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>V:
606.638.4797&nbsp; F:606.638.0586</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>jimmie.epling@ky.gov</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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