Hello:
We are going to unveil a new digital music service mid-March
called Freegal. Hopefully you have all had a chance to become familiar
with Hoopla. If you read my e-mails or have attended the Hoopla Training
one thing that was mentioned is that Hoopla does not carry the Sony music
catalog. The Sony catalog represents at least 40% of the music publishing
industry. The new service, Freegal, is the service that provides Sony music.
However, it does not work like Hoopla so there will be new things to
learn. Freegal has two features. First, anyone with a valid library card
will be able to download 3 Freegal songs per week. The difference from Hoopla
is that the downloads from Freegal are individual songs, not albums, and the
customers keep the downloads. Their access never expires. The second part
of Freegal is that the customer is allowed 3 hours of streaming music per day.
The service is not necessarily more complicated than Hoopla, but it is
different.
To help prepare for the new service there will be a webinar
presented twice on March 5th at 9:00 am and again at 11:00 am.
The invite with the links will be sent in the next couple of days. The webinar
will also be recorded and put on the Training Portal. We are also working on
other videos, etc., that we can supply through e-mail or post on the Training
Portal.
Sincerely,
Marianne Lorio
Multimedia Specialist
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