Podcasts

My Library could use podcasts to show Author talk content and other programs we run, such as HSC seminars, legal talks and to promote exisiting services, such as storytelling and children's activities. I like the way that Worthington Public Library have organised their podcasts into groupings by audience - children, young adult and adults. They have also categorised the content within those groupings, or you can just browse all podcasts.

I particularly like the idea of using podcasts for booktalks - to summarise what a book is about, as a recommendation. Many people could contribute content to this and grow the collection of podcasts. It would make giving a recommendation to clients easy too.

In my opinion, the use of podcasts for user education is better suited to academic libraries, rather than public libraries. However, staff education /training could be another use for podcasts in public libraries.