Tuesday 23 December 2008

Odyssey 8 - Landscape of Podcasting

Podcasting is an innovative idea to library services. How amazing is! Information service no longer focuses on keeping physical collection in the library, but it becomes reach out to the target community groups, such as children, young adult, adult, senior or professionals via broadcasting on the internet.

I enjoy listening to the teen podcasting at the Cheshire Public Library (CPL). The CPL teen podcasting is absolutely stunning. It is an award-winning audio-magazine featuring teen writers, musicians, and reviewers. It contributes story ideas, songs, poems, essays, book/movie/music reviews, comic sketches, or announcements. The CPL creates a space for teenagers to participate, create and express themselves on the air. The teenagers absolutely love it, but also the adults.

The Medline podcasting podcasts the current medical concerns and research. It is amazing to see that academic library services break the physical barrier, extends their information services to media broadcast and delivers information to their served community with digital format.

To learn more about how to make your own podcast, there are free information available on the internet.

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