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RSS for Podcasting for Libraries

RSS for Podcasting for Libraries. METRO Workshop March 24, 2006 Kathryn Shaughnessy Instructional Services Librarian. Podcasts: History & Overview. A podcast is… A growing method of delivering audio information Time-shifted Place-shifted

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RSS for Podcasting for Libraries

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  1. RSS for Podcasting for Libraries METRO Workshop March 24, 2006 Kathryn Shaughnessy Instructional Services Librarian

  2. Podcasts: History & Overview A podcast is… A growing method of delivering audio information • Time-shifted • Place-shifted • An informational “broadcast” saved as an audio file (mp3) and distributed via the web (strictly speaking via RSS) • Listeners download/listen at their convenience via desktop/laptop or on a personal player

  3. Podcasts: History & Overview Podcasting timeline… • August 2004: “iPodders” search for a way to retrieve old blogs and audiofiles – develop RSS (Winer) and podcast software (Curry) • July 2005: iTunes supports/distributes podcasts, get 1 million subscribers in first 2 days • August 2005: 8,000 podcasts, 6 million listeners • December 2005: Podcast selected as “Word of the Year” by editors of New Oxford American Dictionary: "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player" • January 2006: iTunesU offers “free” courseware distribution Hobson and Holtz Report, 8/4/2005 http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php/weblog/2005/08/05/ ) Oxford University Press, US website, http://www.oup.com/us/brochure/NOAD_podcast/?view=usa

  4. Podcasts: History & Overview Podcasting evolution … • Personal / information sharing • Business applications • Religious groups • Education & Distributed Learning

  5. Podcasts: History & Overview Noted benefits of podcasts in learning/instruction • playback of difficult content/material • multiple repetitions for listeners who have difficulty with English • allows for review/enjoyment of materials while multitasking (e.g.: commuting or exercising).  • inspired creation of podcasts among listeners • increased “frequency and depth” of learner interaction, especially in language & music   • increased communication between users, library and IT; led to improved collaboration and planning, both within & among institutions. Duke Report, 2004 - 2005

  6. Current Uses of Podcast Resources Reference-quality lectures (NPR, Stanford & Princeton)

  7. Current Uses of Podcast Resources • Reference-quality lectures (NPR, Stanford & Princeton)

  8. Current Uses of Podcast Resources Reference-quality lectures (NPR, Stanford & Princeton)

  9. Current Uses of Podcast Resources • Patron Instruction / Orientation (Drexel)

  10. Current Uses of Podcast Resources • Community News (U. of Western Ontario)

  11. Current Uses of Podcast Resources Outreach to potential students/users/members (Peterson’s)

  12. Current Uses of Podcast Resources • Scholarly Communication (U. of Florida)

  13. Current Uses of Podcast Resources Audio tours (Purdue)

  14. Current Uses of Podcast Resources CE / Professional Development (LOC, LIS radio, InfoSpeak)

  15. Current Uses of Podcast Resources CE / Professional Development (LOC,LIS radio, InfoSpeak)

  16. Current Uses of Podcast Resources CE / Professional Development (LOC, LIS radio, InfoSpeak)

  17. Finding External Podcast Resources Finding New Podcast Resources: • Podcast Directories • List-servs • Blogs and your favorite websites • Suggestions from others

  18. Finding External Podcast Resources Directories • A Google search for “podcast Directory” yields biggest directories, with search menus

  19. Finding External Podcast Resources Directories iTunes iTunes  music store  podcasts  education

  20. Finding External Podcast Resources Directories yahoo Browse by popularity or by categories

  21. Finding External Podcast Resources Directories podcast.net Browse by popularity, categories or use the keyword search

  22. Finding External Podcast Resources Directories PodZinger Searches for words by scanning content within all podcasts, (note “Science Update” subset)

  23. Finding External Podcast Resources Finding New Podcast Resources: • Podcast Directories • List-servs • Blogs and your favorite websites • Suggestions from others

  24. Finding External Podcast Resources Listservs ex: Bibliocasting • http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/asis-l/2005-April/001977.html • Archive at http://iis.syr.edu/archive/bibliocasting/

  25. Podcasts as Library Resources Finding New Podcast Resources: • Podcast Directories • List-servs • Blogs and your favorite websites • Suggestions from others

  26. Finding External Podcast Resources Blogs and your favorite websiteswill alert you about podcast trends and where podcasts are showing up! • 2005 was the year of the podcast

  27. Finding External Podcast Resources RSS syndication • Because podcasts are “digi-born” and are generally posted on webpages or syndicated through blogs, one of the the best ways to keep track of new podcast resources is by using RSS feeds to monitor blogs and websites Utilizing RSS requires • choosing an RSS reader • free or fee-based • Desktop or web-based • inputting RSS feeds Investment of time: • to learn the aggregator • to build up *your* collection of sites/feeds • to weed out less-helpful sites over time

  28. Finding External Podcast Resources Practical Questions about using RSS for podcasts: Choosing an RSS reader • FeedReader free, client-based, Open Source (http://www.feedreader.com/) • MyYahoo & GoogleReader Browser-based • Newsgator (www.Newsgator.com) • Bloglines (www.bloglines.com) • Directory of readers is available through dmoz: http://dmoz.org/Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_Science/Technical_Services/Cataloguing/Metadata/RDF/Applications/RSS/News_Readers/ For more details on RSS in METRO libraries see Michele Misner’s METRO presentation WebSIG, and the handout on RSS

  29. Finding External Podcast Resources Practical Questions about using RSS for podcasts:

  30. Finding External Podcast Resources Podcast Resources: Choosing an RSS Reader Feedreader

  31. Finding External Podcast Resources Podcast Resources: Choosing an RSS Reader GoogleReader

  32. Finding External Podcast Resources Podcast Resources: Choosing an RSS Reader NewsGator Newsgator allows you to download the podcast in their compatible “FeedStation player” or you can right-click and “save-as” Add to my podcasts

  33. Finding External Podcast Resources RSS for Podcasts & Professional Development in Libraries • RSS feeds from Professional Associations: ACRLog:http://acrlblog.org/index.php?feed=rss2 • RSS feeds from Professional Journal-Blogs Library Journal Tech Blog:http://www.libraryjournal.com/LJTechblog.xml • RSS feeds from other practicing librarians Stephen Bell (Academic) : http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/atom.xml • RSS feeds from Vendors/Innovators OCLC Lorcan Blog:http://orweblog.oclc.org/index.xml Stephen’s Lighthouse: http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/index.rdf

  34. Finding External Podcast Resources Finding New Podcast Resources: • Podcast Directories • List-servs • Blogs and your favorite websites • Suggestions from others • Users • Other librarians • Subject experts/ co-workers/ faculty • Collaborate in a wiki! http://podcastresources.pbwiki.com

  35. Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/results.php?cat=2&mode=a FirstGov http://firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/Podcasts.shtml OYEZ Supreme Court Podcasts http://www.oyez.org/podcast/ WhiteHouse Radio Addresses: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/radio/ NASA http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.htm AAAS Science podcast http://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast.dtl UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_podcast.html BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/downloadtrial/ NPR http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php For more see the handout Finding External Podcast Resources

  36. Using Podcasts as Library Resources Some Recent coverage of Instructional Podcasting • Chronicle of Higher Education: “Lectures on the Go” (10/28/2005) http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i10/10a03901.htm (Subscription req’d) and “Apple Releases Free 'iTunes U' Software to Colleges for Coursecasting “ (01/25/2006) Accessible for free. http://chronicle.com/free/2006/01/2006012501t.htm • Duke University.“Duke University iPod First Year experience evaluation Report” (June 2005) Accessible electronicallyhttp://cit.duke.edu/pdf/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf • US News & World Report. (From the 10/17/05 print issue)http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/051017/17elearn.htm • Educause article on Podcasting (December 2005) http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0561.pdf

  37. The Future of Podcasts as Library Resources Podcasting, co-operation and future trends in libraries • Academic libraries • School libraries • Public libraries • Special libraries • Corporate libraries • Archives

  38. Collaborating on Podcasts as Library Resources Article on Podcasting at St. John’s Libraries http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/libraries/podcast.sju Please contact me with any questions/suggestions • Kathryn Shaughnessy, x1454 Shaughnk@stjohns.edu St. John’s University Library

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