Tewksbury Library Now Offers Free Digital Music Online

The Tewksbury Public Library now offers cardholders access to more than 9 million songs online, including Sony Music Entertainment’s catalog of legendary artists.

This Freegal Music Service allows the library to increase the size and diversity of its musical collection by offering access to over 28,000 music labels from 101 different countries.

Under the terms of the agreement, Tewksbury Public Library cardholders can download five Freegal Music MP3 files to keep each week and stream three hours of music everyday at no direct cost via www.tewksburypl.org. The library will underwrite the purchase of the music. The Freegal Music Service also has popular music videos for download.

Over 5,000 libraries around the world subscribe to the Freegal Music Service, including the Los Angeles Public Library (CA), Maricopa County Library District (AZ), The Edmonton Public Library (AB), Orange County Public Library (FL), The Biblioteche di Bologna (IT), Nashville Public Library (TN) and Melbourne Library Service (VIC).

The Freegal Music Service has free mobile apps for registered cardholders of subscribing libraries. The Freegal Music apps are available in the Apple® App Store and Google Play®.

“We are very excited to offer a service like this that delivers great music, simplicity of use, and compatibility with lots of devices, including Apple and Android. We think this will be incredibly popular with our patrons and will help the library in marketing all its services to the community,” said Community Services Librarian Robert Hayes.

“Freegal Music has become the most popular way for library users to access music and we are excited to be welcoming the Tewksbury Public Library,” said Brian Downing, CEO of Library Ideas. “We believe this is a strong move for the library’s digital strategy.”