A big thanks to my friend and co-worker Cynthia for sending me a link to the August 11th entry in the Information Wants to Be Free blog. http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2007/08/11/be-the-first-lab/
There are a lot of links for podcasting resources for all kinds of librarians here. One that I've added to the links on my blog is the David Free Library Podcasting Resources wiki: http://davidfree.pbwiki.com/Library%20Podcasting%20Resources
Yesterday I was listening to a podcast linked from the page, Learning to Speak: Creating a Library Podcast with a Unique Voice by Chris Kertz. I was hoping it would talk about actual speaking and breathing techniques but instead it talked about the idea of podcasting a radio show from the library. Dowling College started a podcast called Omnibus that Kertz hoped to make as much like NPR's This American Life as possible. It's an interesting PR angle for the library that I had not considered before. They consider it a "conversation" between the library and its community and include interviews from students and others that somehow intersect with the library while not neccesarily being part of the library. I can see how that would be a really fun and interesting project but right now, with our limited staff and time, I think our library needs to focus on podcasts as an educational tool.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Fall Semester is here!
Well, all has been quiet on the podcast front but things are busy, busy on campus with the new semester! The podcast pilot group has recently met to "meet our Macs" and we will meet again soon to learn how to record and edit our podcasts with Garageband. We will also meet to work out policies related to ITunes U and podcast use on campus.
I received my new headphones w/ microphone for creating library podcasts today! I had some pretty old ones before and everyone said I looked like a Time Life operator. The sound quality wasn't amazing either. The new Plantronics headphones are USB and digital. They were the lowest price that still had the sound quality we were looking for. The CreativeTechs tips blog has a great comparison: http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/what_is_a_good_microphone_for_podcasting_1.html. I can't wait to try them out!
Although we don't have our webspace to upload podcasts yet, some instructors have found that they can upload a limited number of audio files to file sharing applications in social networking sites like Facebook. We have also been trained this summer to use the Wimba podcaster! This neat little tool will let you upload a limited number of podcasts for your students into the Blackboard Learning System. You can also allow your students to create their own podcasts and they can subscribe to podcasts using Wimba. For more information take a look here: http://www.wimba.com/products/voicetools/
The library podcasts are coming soon. Three of the Camtasia tutorials are going up today. Three more have to be edited some more before they're ready to go. We hope to eventually have physical tours of the library available in podcast form as well. A neat example is available from the Alden Library at the University of Ohio: http://www.library.ohiou.edu/podcasts/?page_id=14.
I received my new headphones w/ microphone for creating library podcasts today! I had some pretty old ones before and everyone said I looked like a Time Life operator. The sound quality wasn't amazing either. The new Plantronics headphones are USB and digital. They were the lowest price that still had the sound quality we were looking for. The CreativeTechs tips blog has a great comparison: http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/what_is_a_good_microphone_for_podcasting_1.html. I can't wait to try them out!
Although we don't have our webspace to upload podcasts yet, some instructors have found that they can upload a limited number of audio files to file sharing applications in social networking sites like Facebook. We have also been trained this summer to use the Wimba podcaster! This neat little tool will let you upload a limited number of podcasts for your students into the Blackboard Learning System. You can also allow your students to create their own podcasts and they can subscribe to podcasts using Wimba. For more information take a look here: http://www.wimba.com/products/voicetools/
The library podcasts are coming soon. Three of the Camtasia tutorials are going up today. Three more have to be edited some more before they're ready to go. We hope to eventually have physical tours of the library available in podcast form as well. A neat example is available from the Alden Library at the University of Ohio: http://www.library.ohiou.edu/podcasts/?page_id=14.
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