Podcasting

Podcasting can be used as way to entertain as well as accent library services. The Denver Public Library has two audio services that are very patron friendly: Denver Public Library Podcasts and Phone-a-Story. The Sunnyvale Public Library provides podcasts as part of their Downloads and E-Books services. Their podcasts are audios or videos of their various library programs. The use of any media needs to have a reliable, repeatable purpose. To use any tool for the sake of the technology lacks sustainability. Podcasts can be used to widen availability of a popular program.

I found an article from LJ about creating podcasts. It is written by Jeffrey Griffey who has a new book Library Blogging with Karen A. Coombs. He also has a library technology blog called Pattern Recognition. He is the Head of Library Information Technology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.