http://www.sarahlong.org/podcast/?_episode=98 April 23, 2008 Longshots #98 - Linda Braun and Podcasting: Sarah Long of NSLS talks with Linda Braun, an Educational Technology Consultant, about the potential of podcasting (17 minutes).
Explore one of these podcast directories to find a podcast to suit your personal interests:
The Library Success Wiki, at http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting has an extensive list of public libraries, academic libraries, and affiliated organizations that are podcasting.
Learn Out Loud features educational podcasts, at http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory Browse the "Podcast Directory" on the left hand side.
Podcast Alley, at http://www.podcastalley.com/index.php is a general podcast directory.
Answer these questions:
1. Which library podcast did you listen to?
2. Do you see podcasting as a useful tool for our library?
3. Any ideas about which topics our patrons might be interested in hearing?
4. Do you have any other experience with listening to or creating podcasts?
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I listened to Library Success - specifically Booktalks - quick and simple. The advice on how to do booktalks was interesting, but the booktalks I listened to wouldn't get me to read the books. I also glanced at Learn Out Loud to see what kind of podcasts they had available. The ones on diet and nutrtion looked promising.The ones on teaching were limited and not that relevent to elementary school.
Not sure if it would be that useful to us - could we do a virtual tour of the department or perhaps a sample jumpstart program so people would know what to expect? No - I have no experience with podcasting - surprise, surprise.
I am rather disappointed in the podcasts to which I listened. I am an avid listener to NPR so I like listening to things without visual input; however I found listening to podcasts was not intuitive and when using the computer to listen, I missed seeing something. For example I listened to an art talk on the Learn Out Loud site and there was only a tiny print of the picture that was being discussed. Learn Out Loud offers many foreign language podcasts and that might be useful.
I don't see an obvious use for our department. If we were going to record stories I think pictures from the book should be included.
The podcast that offered book talks gave a summary without any critical evaluation. It would have been helpful to have age or grade recommendations with the podcast.
I listened to a Kankakee Public Library Podcast of their 2006 Teen Poetry Slam. I love poetry and it's not really a visual thing but I found that I really didn't enjoy it since there was no visual. I have never liked talk radio and this is what podcasts remind me of.
I know that there are podcasts out there that do include video as well and I think that would be much better. Awhile back I listened to a storytime online and it had no visual, what child would want to do this unless they are strapped in the car for hours. I think tumblebooks and bookflix are much better for this.
I think if we could do podcasts with videos it would be more useful. We could have clips of programs and maybe give a tour of the library. We could also do one for the selfcheck machine to make more people aware of the fact that we have it and how to use it.
We could even show patrons how to use a playaway or introduce them to new items we have. It might also be fun to show patrons our books on tape and cd are all in one spot now. Again, these are all things that we would need audio and visual for.
I listened to a couple of partial podcasts. Sound quality is key as is the intent of the program. Visual programs that are also podcast suffer a little when the speaker refers to things they're pointing to or holding up which we cannot see. This was the case with one of the Kankakee Lib. technology podcasts I listened too. Interesting stat from the talk was that twice as many computer users as non-computer users are regular library patrons.
I also listened to several poems on the poem a day podcast. I think podcasting could be useful for keeping patrons connected to what's new in the library. If we had a regular 20 minute "show" highlighting various things in the library some people might download it regularly. The key would be making it entertaining enough.
1. I listened to the Cheshire Public Library Podcast.
2. I can see where it might have it's benefits, but I don't have high hopes for something like this catching on with patrons. We could easily do book discussions and library announcements in this form, but I doubt that would really expand the audience that much, especially considering users would probably have to go to the website first to download the podcast. Any anouncements could be just as eaily posted on the site, and patrons would have an easier time accessing them.
3. We could take some popular programs and put them in a podcast form. From looking thorugh the calendar for program ideas, though, it seems like most of them are best suited for in-person situations. Podcasts could be used, as Cheshire Public Library does, to give book recommendations. I thought about story-times at first, but the fun of story time is in the pictures and the songs just as much as the stories themselves, so I think they would loose a lost of interest in a podcast format.
4. I've listend to a few podcasts downloaded from i-Tunes, but have trouble finding any that I want to continually listen to after subscribing. I've never made one, but I'd be interested in learning how.
One of the podcasts I listened to was Linda Braun and Podcasting: Sarah Long of NSLS talks with Linda Braun, an Educational Technology Consultant, about the potential of podcasting. I also listened to short stories on the LearnOutLoud.com website.
Podcasts could be great tools for us. Obviously, visually impaired patrons would be well served by podcasts, but very busy, multi-tasking patrons also could get library information via podcasts while driving, exercising, working around their homes, etc.
I think patrons might like to hear about programs, both upcoming and recaps. They might want to hear about databases and other features on our website. I don't think most people have the time to fully explore what's available. Podcasts would give them the opportunity to hear about something they might never notice, but would definitely use once they knew it was there.
I've been listening to WDCB's podcast of Chuck Shaden's Those Were the Days program for several years. I don't always get to listen to the live broadcast, so it's great to tune in at my convenience.
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