Podcasting is a means of distributing audio content over the Internet, usually via RSS (Really Simply Syndication). I listened to a podcast from SirsiDynix Institute with Greg Schwartz, the supervisor of Electronic Services at the Louisville Free Public Library. He said that you can subscribe to feeds with topics of your interests and be alerted when there is a new podcast available. You can customize and personalize exactly what podcast you want to listen to and you can control when you want to listen to it!
A teacher at LYMDSR was going to have her students listen to a particular podcast for a class assignment. The students can download the podcast to their ipod and listen to it at their convenience. Another option is to listen to the podcast right at your computer. You can play a podcast over and over again, stop and start it, etc. You don't have to turn on your radio at the exact time to listen to a broadcast!
I explored some of the podcast directories. I personally liked Findpodcasts the best. It listed categories and then various titles. It indicated how many hits each title had.
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Hi ann,
Thanks for checking out my SirsiDynix Institute sessions. Hope you found them useful. Incidentally, I'm now the Library Systems Manager at LFPL. So I'm an IT guy all of a sudden.
Anyway, wanted to point you in the direction of my new audio program/podcast, Uncontrolled Vocabulary. It's a weekly roundtable discussion of library news and hot topics. You can find more info at http://uncontrolledvocabulary.com
Cheers,
Greg
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