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Annotations is the place to read about issues, trends, and uses for new technologies for all libraries, especially public libraries. NSLS staff member Anna Yackle is a librarian with many years of experience who has worked in all types of libraries, but maintains a special fondness for public libraries.

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January 25, 2006

Podcasting

The three big trends I see heading towards public libraries are blogs, podcasts and Wikis. You are probably tired of me nattering on about blogging, so, today we discuss podcasting.

Podcasting allows anyone to produce their own broadcasts. Yes, you could become the next Howard Stern (if you want!) I think public libraries can use this in a number of ways. We could record:
*Programs
*Book discussions
*Books read aloud
*Training and instruction
*Information about the library
*Information about the library in foreign languages
These are just a start to the list of what libraries could do with podcasts.

Our academic colleagues are further along than we are in using this tool and have several free podcasts available. Here are two sources to find free educational podcasts:

http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/pri/podcasts

http://www.scordes.echoechoplus.com/b2/index.php

And here is one that lists free programs from our government:

http://freegovinfo.info/node/174

posted by Anna at 11:56 am |