Thing # 21

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Discovery Exercise:

Take a look at one or two of the podcast directories listed and see if you can find a podcast that interests you. See if you can find some interesting library related podcasts here like book review podcasts or library news.

I found at least one podcast that interested me by doing a search for movie reviews. I then did a search for library news and found another podcast that interested me.

I logged onto the LibVibe podcast which was an interesting podcast because it was a sort of news broadcast with Libraries as the topic.

Listening to both podcasts made me realize just how many different possibilities are out there if you have a speedy computer and a microphone. If you have a slow, lumbering computer, I imagine the podcast function wouldn't be quite as fun.

Add the RSS feed to podcast to your Bloglines account

Not sure what is meant here...how to you add an RSS feed "to podcast" to your bloglines account?

Create a blog post about your discovery process. Did you find anything useful here?

On a personal level

I found the podcast function amazing. I have often thought of doing a movie review with a fellow movie critiquer friend of mine who lives in Cleveland. With podcast, we may be able to make the thing happen without having to be in the same town.

Applicable to library life?

For a marketing or communications message, podcasts could be used to provide audio information to patrons through e-mails. Podcasts could be attached to the plcmc website for folks to click on for additional information. The Director could do a monthly podcast on the state of the library. Bookclubs could record their events and provide podcasts for members who missed them. And on, and on and on and on!