Thursday, June 19, 2008

Thing 21

Podcasts are another way for libraries to publicize their activities to the internet savy. For example, Sara Long, director of the North Suburban Library System in Illinois has a podcast (see Leo's Lair Thing 15, 5/27/08)in which she interviews authors and/or persons of interest to the library world. A library I used work for has a radio station that podcasts interviews with authors. Other libraries use podcast to provide instructions on how to use their resources.

I tried to use the suggested podcast finders, but I found if I asked them to find "public library" podcasts, I got all sorts of libraries, plus public radio. As I am writing this, I am listening to Garrison Keillor giving the news from Lake Wobegon, from a podcast I found. In addition to Lake Wobegon, I am interested in podcasts dealing with libraries, books, baseball, and football, the real kind they play in the UK. I did find a number of podcasts to which I subscribed, but some of these I knew the source of the podcast.

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