Podcasting in Academic Libraries
I listened to several academic library podcasts and the audio quality was just fine. I thought I'd miss the visual component since we'd just covered videos in Thing #20, but the podcasts I sampled didn't really need that element. Here are a few of the university podcast resource sites I explored:
• UNC at Greensboro Jackson Library Podcasts
• UC Santa Cruz Library Podcast Resources
• Ohio University Libraries Podcasts from Alden Library
• Cornell University Library LibeCast
I love that you can download a free software called Audacity (cute double entendre) and that it has a plugin called LAME. How un-lame is that?
Podcasting seems to be a great way for academic libraries to promote their new acquisitions, services, upcoming events, for sending out book reviews, and for resource instruction. It would help a lot for the numerous (and increasing) distance education students, who can learn about library resources without having to come to campus, but still have access to electronic resources via the library's site. I can see that it would be a great tool for directing students—on or off campus—to nuggets of information in electronic resources and then instructing them in how to access similar information. I'm excited, this will be a fun new project!
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