JISC – Libraries of the future video | Librarians Matter. A Beginner's Guide to Podcasting: Part 2 - A Creator's Guide. Podcasting. Podcasting is a simple means of distributing audio content over the Internet, taking advantage of the power of RSS. Content consumers (end-users) can subscribe to a feed of a producer's audio content and receive automatic downloads of new content as it is made available online. A more comprehensive discussion of podcasting can be found in the Wikipedia entry on podcasting. For the library that works hard to produce audio content such as recordings of programs or library tours, podcasting can be an effective means of making that content more widely available. The following is a list of libraries and affiliated organizations that are currently podcasting and offering selected podcast resources service: The following are School libraries that are currently podcasting or using podcast resources: For a list of podcasts that are aimed at or should be of interest to library staff, see the "Podcasts" page in LISWiki.
How To Podcast (general advice) Podcast-friendly music Audio/Video Editing Software. We Asked for 2.0 Libraries and We Got 2.0 Librarians « The Other Librarian. We are closing in on a year after the September 1st article in Library Journal proposing a “new model of library service” called “Library 2.0.” Unless you have been asleep in your library duties, you ought to know that Library 2.0 calls for things like user-centered change, reduced institutional boundaries, and a heightened awareness of social software and related technologies. My sense is that the prominence of the Library 2.0 moniker has plateaued and we are about to see put it in with nostalgia-inducing sayings such as “groovy” and “smashing.”
I see the obsolescence of the phrase as an indicator of success. Sure, it was hype. But as hype it did exactly what it was supposed to do: raise awareness of a problem and get people thinking about possible solutions. No Guff, it was all Hype The success of library 2.0, as is to be expected, has been mixed. Examples of Librarian 2.0 changing Librarians As I’ve said, while we called for changes in libraries we actually got changes in librarians. A Librarian's Anti-2.0 Manifesto. A spectre is haunting librarianship - the spectre of "Library 2.0. " As if it's not bad enough when encountered in the blogosphere, now there's a "Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto" published in the August issue of American Libraries (on p. 48 for those of you with the stomach for it).
I thought the whole idea of the traditional publication process was to weed out all this stuff. Oh wait, that's to weed out critical voices like mine. On second thought, this stuff seems like about the right intellectual level for American Libraries. Like almost all documents with "manifesto" in the title, it's pretentious and silly at the same time. In the spirit of camaraderie and good will that I'm famous for, I thought we could take a look at the "manifesto" together. "I will recognize that the universe of information culture is changing fast and that libraries need to respond positively to these changes to provide resources and services that users need and want. " It's just so enthusiastic, isn't it. Yay! ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium - TechSource Gaming Symposium.
Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online: Books: Meredith G. Farkas. @ the library.