Filed under: Musings
I have spent some time this week exploring the world of podcasting. There’s a lot of interesting recorded information and entertainment out there. Podcasting seems to have much more commercial “infiltration” than the other 2.0 features we’ve used. I have not yet found that many library generated podcasts, but I’m not done looking (I have to spend more time on I-Tunes). I have been thinking of library applications. Perhaps the most obvious is as a suggested source of information for patrons. Imagine doing an author study and being able to listen to the author discuss his/her work! Podcasting with a video component (vodcasting?) could also be a useful tool to introduce patrons to library resources such as genealogy databases, or downloadable audio books, etc. Libraries in multilingual communities could also provide podcasts in other languages.
