Podcasts and Audio

Blog about how your library could use podcasts for your clients and staff.

Well this weeks blogging and learning has led to me enjoying my first podcast. The first was a book review of some novel I had never heard of by an American lady who was a book enthusiast but not connected to a library. I can't even recall how I came to find or choose it. The podcast only ran for about 3 minutes and was straight to the point. Apparently the book wasn't what she expected.

My second podcast was a more professional (if I can stretch to say that) from Roy and HG off their triple j program This Sporting Life. It was as I expected typical Roy and HG their brand of comedy, punchlines and tone throughout. I may very well have to start either listening in or podcasting regularly!

Podcasting for clients and staff is an interesting topic that should be discussed and seriously looked at. Clients could well find on the library website book reviews, lectures, talks and even information that they can podcast and listen too at their leisure. For the talks and lectures that are booked out or people simply cannot attend this could provide another oppurtunity for them to listen in and not miss out. There are some issues here with the people providing the lectures or talks but with enough goodwill in place I believe this could go ahead without too much of a problem.

Staff of the library could use the podcasting as another training method. Staff could podcast and undergo training at their desks whilst listening to the instructions. There would need to be some form of helpdesk or face to face classroom learning in place for any problems or issues that did arise. Another form that podcasting could be used is that the weekly email from Regina could well be podcasted out in the future? Just a thought.

Cheers