Today we are meeting with the Academic Liaison Librarians here at Glasgow Caledonian University to discuss podcasting. We will do a short presentation on what we have already done with podcasting, and then open up to a question and answer session. Our colleagues are interested in producing a podcast for library users based around using journals and finding appropriate articles. Here are some of my thoughts …..
Why should libraries be interested in podcasting? What are the advantages over traditional text based FAQs?
- Can be easily incorporated into blog environment – uses same RSS technology
- Can be accessed via browser or downloaded to portable device (music player/phone)
- Sound and video bring subject to life and give personal touch
- Screencasts can capture screen behaviour too
- Great for prospective/new students and for remote users
Some possible uses
- Library tours (can be downloaded to ipod/phone)
- Library events
- Training - How To use different library services
- Information literacy and research help
- Library updates and library news
- Collecting and indexing good free podcasts
- Archiving class lectures
- Etc
What do you need?
- Simple audio/video recording facility (or phone!) and some free software (we currently use iMovie for Mac OSX)
- A good voice, a reasonable recording that’s easily downloadable, a well-written script - and time to produce them.
Some examples
- Glasgow University Library Podcasts
- Glasgow Metropolitan College Podcast – Introduction to Library Services
- Library Success Podcasting Wiki
Podcasts about library issues
- Learning to Speak: Creating a Library Podcast With a Unique Voice
- Talking with TALIS Library 2.0 Podcasts
- SirsiDynix Institute Presentations
Other relevant links
- Spoken Word - examples of dynamically generated podcasts based on searches; Glasgow Centre for Population Health audio podcasts; Higher Education Academy Hospitaility, Leisure, Sport and Tourism video podcasts
- Itunes U - ‘a free, hosted service for colleges and universities that provides easy access to their educational content, including lectures and interviews’. Currently US only.
January 23rd, 2007 at 12:25
[...] Spoken Word Services and the Academic Liaison Librarians met on Tuesday 16th January to discuss the issue of podcasting. This posting is an update to a previous post by Iain Wallace that outlined the agenda of the meeting and his general thoughts on podcasting in the setting of the library and can be found by clicking here. [...]