Members of Dutch libraries can be made without further cost, monthly 150 tracks streaming to listen via the new service eMuziek. The collection includes preliminary 900.000 tracks from record labels like Universal, and in the coming period will be extended.
Bibliotheek.nl and the Central Discotheque Rotterdam, a pilot for eMuziek started. The service is available for all Dutch members of libraries. They can log in www.bibliotheek.nl/muziek with their bibliotheekpasnummer and password, after which they monthly 150 songs to listen to. Bibliotheek.nl it wants the pilot to see how the enthusiasm for the service is and how members eMuziek use.
“Now We are still using Flash for the service. In the pilot, we will look under other or this enough or that we of other platforms to make”, says Sander van Kempen, content manager for Bibliotheek.nl against Tweakers. “Also, we will look for opportunities to expand it up to listen to some of 150 tracks.”
For the time being, 20 percent of the total collection of 4.5 million tracks in libraries to listen through Muziekweb of the Central Discotheque Rotterdam. The main music label with which a contract has been concluded regarding Universal. BNL and Muziekweb aim, however, to regular collections of new music companies to offer add, until the complete collection is available.
EMuziek allows users to styles, genres, and subgenres to choose, after which suggestions for artists and albums appear. In addition, users can search by artist, album title, or track.
Van Kempen is not that eMuziek a real competitor for services like Spotify is. “This is what We have extensively debated, also with the lawyers. We are not asking for money, and offer it only to members. At Spotify, is the whole music collection available and with us only a part. In addition, we have a limit to the number of to listen to songs.”
Important purpose of eMuziek is to make users of music to discover, says Van Kempen. “Users can come in contact with new music without the fear about what is happening to their data. In addition, the service offers an alternative to the existing physical collections in libraries, which is getting smaller.”
EMuziek offers the ability to have songs on iTunes to purchase. According to Van Kempen, this year a link with other download services, but this is still technically examined and there are still negotiations about it are conducted. Later this year, should also be an e-bookplatform be completed, allowing members of the library the ability to read e-books. At the start will be around 2,000 e-books available.
