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April 25, 2006
Podcasting Made Simple
Wow. The IT Section's Podcasting Booth has turned into the sleeper hit of the conference. Over 50 people (including Nancy Pearl!) recorded podcasts today. This technology is so easy (and so fun) to use, and we're all hoping that the experience will have librarians from around the state fired up to record and share podcasts with their users.
Some ideas of how to use podcasts at your library include:
1) Ask your patrons to record reviews of your materials -- books, audiobooks, movies, CDs, and so on;
2) Record your storytimes for those families that can't make it to storytime;
3) Encourage teens to record book discussion group chats;
4) Encourage staff to record booktalks and other item recommendations;
5) Record Get To Know You interviews with employees from every department so that your users know who's working to keep the library such a great place to visit and use.
If you haven't podcasted yet, please come on down to the booth from 9-4 PM on Wednesday and give it a try!
Posted by at April 25, 2006 7:55 PM
Comments
Props to Megan Ruisch of the Ocean County Library for creating this illustration and Sara Hansen of OCL for doing the lettering!!!
Posted by: Chris at April 26, 2006 5:41 PM
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