Week 9 Podcasts and Audio

There is much at our fingertips today!! It was great to explore what the British Library had available and how they use the podcast to let people know what to expect at upcoming events and displays, even down to what they might need to access the display and other small details that make people feel welcome and comfortable. The author talks and use of taped historical works is well served by the podcast too. I'm going back to the Evelyn Waugh podcast when I can.

The ABC site was easy to use and the classifications on LHS clearly set out. Easy to find podcasts by program, subject, network.

Library Success wiki links were diverse and the show the necessity to make the podcasts easy to access, especially for the new library user or those not familiar with the technology.

Our library could use pocasts of author talks. We could give specific information about upcoming events/displays, e.g. the NRMA Roadzone exhibit vould have had a podcast link from the catalogue to audio or video so schools could log in and see what to expect.
It would be a great way to record significant library events, especially for those ongoing events like Food@your library month. Demonstrations were given and those could be available for those who missed that week or for attendees to go back to.

We could have the regional bookgroups speaking about their book group and what they're reading.
There are many options for podcasts but they would have to be informative, well presented and entertaining.