I see real value of podcast in libraries. I was happy to be explore them further in this task and to see what other library institutions find them valuable.
Stepping back a bit though, taking a look at the discovery exercises I mainly focused on looking at the ABC Australia site and and podcast alley. Both were interesting and easy to navigate and had interesting blog topics. Podcast alley had quite a lot of really valuable library related podcast ,I will be subscribing to Library Geeks....that really appeals to me and am slowly making my way through the hundreads of other podcasts to see what else I might find appealing.
My choice of podcast that I am chosing to evaluate however came from the NLA. I chose this because I went looking for a podcast I have used them there before. This time I couldn't find what I was looking for but found some MP3s of a conference at the NLA and it was focusing on Web 2.0 and podcast in libraries. Follow this link if you would like to take a look http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/web2prog.html . There were several podcast I looked at but found “What is web 2.0 and what does it offer” by Jake Willis from CSU is one of the most engaging. I guess in the true sense this isn’t a typical podcast because it isn’t advertised as one; it is a recording from a conference but it presents like a podcast. Podcasts are in many different forms. This podcast was easy to use but initially looked as though it was embedded so that I couldn’t download to my preferred listening device but with a simple right click I was able to download it to my blackberry.
Just a note now on how valuable I see podcasts to be in the library. I think there are so many uses for them, book reviews, keeping up to date with your library, reading lists, what happening in the community, catering them to different ages in the library. Podcast are a platform for delivering service and it would be great to see them used more often in libraries.
Stepping back a bit though, taking a look at the discovery exercises I mainly focused on looking at the ABC Australia site and and podcast alley. Both were interesting and easy to navigate and had interesting blog topics. Podcast alley had quite a lot of really valuable library related podcast ,I will be subscribing to Library Geeks....that really appeals to me and am slowly making my way through the hundreads of other podcasts to see what else I might find appealing.
My choice of podcast that I am chosing to evaluate however came from the NLA. I chose this because I went looking for a podcast I have used them there before. This time I couldn't find what I was looking for but found some MP3s of a conference at the NLA and it was focusing on Web 2.0 and podcast in libraries. Follow this link if you would like to take a look http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/web2prog.html . There were several podcast I looked at but found “What is web 2.0 and what does it offer” by Jake Willis from CSU is one of the most engaging. I guess in the true sense this isn’t a typical podcast because it isn’t advertised as one; it is a recording from a conference but it presents like a podcast. Podcasts are in many different forms. This podcast was easy to use but initially looked as though it was embedded so that I couldn’t download to my preferred listening device but with a simple right click I was able to download it to my blackberry.
Just a note now on how valuable I see podcasts to be in the library. I think there are so many uses for them, book reviews, keeping up to date with your library, reading lists, what happening in the community, catering them to different ages in the library. Podcast are a platform for delivering service and it would be great to see them used more often in libraries.
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