Monday, August 31, 2009

Thing 21

Podcasts could be used to allow patrons who cannot attend a lecture listen to it afterward. For auditory learners it could be a method of teaching them if they can not attend a class the library is holding. Podcasts could also be used from a library's home page to let people now of changes in policies, new materials, new services, and many other things. I think I may need to delve into this area a bit more before I understand it. I have downloaded podcasts to listen to for learning about studying abroad and found them very informative.
Cornell has podcasts about its library's history which is very cool from my historian point of view. The National Library of Medicine has a podcast about the Swine Flu vaccine. Oh there are just so many podcasts out there to explore, I really like the ones that also supply transcripts, because when you have a slow Internet connection like me it makes it difficult to listen to in real time.

I think some patrons at my library would be interested in podcasts about politics, book talks, and how to do things, but for the most part they would not be interested.

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