Click for the classics
Lovers of classical, jazz, folk and blues music will now be able to download their favourite titles at the click of a button thanks to a new service piloted by Warwickshire Libraries Service.
NAXOS, the country’s leading publisher of classical music, is to be made available to users of Warwickshire Libraries both through the People’s Network PCs at libraries or at home via the county council website.
The new service will allow audiences to listen to, and download, over 230,000 tracks.
The move follows a study which showed the public’s preference was to use their own computers at home. The county has bought six licenses allowing a maximum of six people to be logged on at any one time downloading tracks.
Anyone can go into one of Warwickshire’s libraries and log onto a machine and access Naxos. However, only library members will be able to do this from their own machine. They will access the site via http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk, the county’s website and then log onto Naxos by entering their library usercard number.
The initiative will come into place once your local library subscribes to the scheme.
Andrew Button, Virtual Library Project Officer, said: “This marks another significant development in the provision of public library services in Warwickshire – and another reason for people who can’t get into one of our libraries, to use and enjoy our services at the click of a mouse."