Kids & Family

E-Music is Free Music at San Mateo County Libraries

All you need is a library card in San Mateo County to have access to over six million songs on smart phones, tablets and/or computers.

[Editor's Note: The following information was received by Patch from the San Mateo County Library System, and is reprinted here.]

Along with many public libraries nationwide, the San Mateo County Library now offers free e-music to its library card holders. 

Customers have access to their favorite music on smart phones, tablets and/or computers. There are over 6 million song titles to choose from, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists. The collection includes music from 28,000 labels, originating from over 85 countries. There is no software to download, and no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. E-music is available 24/7 to check out via smcl.org. Best of all there are no due dates. 

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Visit www.smcl.org/freegal with a San Mateo County Library card to start enjoying music today. E-music is easily listened to on most electronic devices. Powered by Freegal, San Mateo County Library’s e-music site has intuitive navigation with the ability to search by album, artist/composer, song or video. Once customers log in with their library card, they can download up to three songs a week, or download one video and one song a week to a device—and the songs are theirs to keep until they choose to delete them. Customers can also stream entire albums, up to three hours of commercial free streaming per day.   

For more information and instructions, please visit your local San Mateo County Library, or go towww.smcl.org/freegal.

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Visit San Mateo County Library’s award-winning website at www.smcl.org for information about the Library and its services.

 


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