Podcasts

I've never explored podcasts before Web 2.0 Learning. I even have an ipod but never bothered to download anything other than mp3s.
Probably my life is too hectic at the moment to sit down quietly to listen to a podcast.

Recently I discovered podcasts for toddlers as I mention on one of my post below "Techno Toddlers". I'm registered to it using ITunes. I also found very attractive podcasts about "Tales about immigration" or "Yoga classes".

Podcasts could be useful in our Library if we can find a way to organise all the topics in a clean way. It would be worthless having a blogpodcast and you spend precious time in front of the patron trying to find (while listening) relevant information for him. I guess this would only work if patrons access this service from home. Again, as I mentioned in relation to YouTube, wikis, and the whole web 2.0 we have to start talking about a virtual library where the face to face service is secondary.

But one that really interested me and is highly relevant to all of us working in a Library is a podcast of Excerpts from the book "Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age " by Jeff Gomez. I guess I'll leave the description for a new post... tune in!

Hear the author reading experts from this book, find the podcast on his website or from my Bloglines Feeds.