An article on CNN published Friday discussed some public library's efforts to try and keep up with Information Age technology. It's no secret that the Internet has changed the way we look at information (I never once had to use a library to do a research paper in college, for example), and libraries must find new ways to adapt if they don't want to become relics of the past. The article talks about "A new way to borrow audiobooks" that in some ways resembles podcasting, hence it seems somewhat apropriate to mention it here.

... public libraries from New York City to Alameda, California, are letting patrons download Tom Clancy techno-thrillers, Arabic tutorials and other titles to which they can listen on their computers or portable music players -- all without leaving home. Read the Full Story

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