Presentation at Georgia COMO tomorrow
Tomorrow (Thursday October 8th) I'll be giving a presentation at the Georgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO) in Columbus, Georgia. My friend and colleague Sarah Steiner and I are presenting a session called "Finding Your Voice: Creative Ideas for Beginning a Pod- or Vidcast Series." Say hi if you have a chance to attend.
Webcast postponed
We're postponing my October 1 webcast "Podcasting for Libraries." Whether due to fall craziness or low professional development budgets, there just weren't enough people registered to do it next week. I'm starting to wonder if podcasting just isn't news to most people any more. I'm also talking to ACRL about other topics I might present on in the near future. Anyway, we'll reschedule it for later in the school year and give it another go and I'll post the new date here when I know it.
New Adventures in Library Instruction episode
The August episode of ALI is up -- we talked (mostly) about Powerpoint and presentations, and were joined for the latter half of the show by Maurice Coleman of the terrific T is for Training podcast. I hope you enjoy it, and let me know if you've got topics or people you'd like to hear on future episodes.
ACRL podcasting webcast October 1
I guess I got busy and forgot to mention this, or something. ACRL has very kindly invited me back for an encore presentation of my webcast "Podcasting for Libraries" on October 1. I'll try to include as many other words as I can think of that include the suffix "-cast."
Webcast description:
Podcasting is like an Internet radio show, or a blog with audio. It uses the power of RSS syndication to automatically deliver new episodes to listeners. There are millions of podcasts available, covering nearly any topic imaginable. Any library can produce a podcast using free software and inexpensive hardware. If you can post to a blog and talk into a microphone, you can create a podcast. How can your library use podcasting as a tool for teaching, promotion, outreach and programming?
This session will explore:
• What a podcast is and isn't
• How RSS makes a podcast work
• Free and cheap hardware and software for podcasting
• Recording and production
• Publishing and sustaining a podcast
• How libraries can use podcasting
• Finding the right voice to reach your audience
Registration is open now. I'm sure I'll mention it again here closer to the event.
Handout for ACRL podcasting webcast
This is the class "handout" for my webcast presentation "Podcasting for Libraries," June 2 at 2pm Eastern. If I've left off anything you'd find useful, leave a comment and I'll update this post.
Overviews and definitions
Podcasting in Plain English video
Puckett, J. (2008, February 10). Podcasting in Academic Libraries. Jason Puckett.net. Retrieved May 19, 2009, from http://jasonpuckett.net/projects/podcasting-in-academic-libraries/
What Everybody Ought To Know About Podcasting: Part I
Software: recording and podcatching
Audacity (free, Mac/Windows/Linux, audio recording/editing)
Camtasia ($299, Mac/Windows, audio/video recording/editing)
Garageband (part of iLife suite, $79 [cheaper at Amazon], Mac only, audio recording/editing)
iTunes (free, Mac/Windows, podcatcher)
Juice (free, Mac/Windows/Linux, podcatcher)
PodNova (free, Mac/Windows/Linux, podcatcher)
Hardware
I'm not an audiophile by any means, but these are microphones that have worked well for my podcast recording. If your institution has a media production expert, they can probably give you better advice on alternatives than I could!
Software: publishing
WordPress
But just about any blog platform will work. I'm presently publishing a podcast on Blogspot, and I've briefly tested podcasting from Typepad as well.
Podpress
This free WordPress plugin allows you to easily add podcast media files to your blog, and adds a nice playback button to the page when published.
iTunes U
Information on the ITU program from Apple.
Feedburner
For analyzing traffic to your podcast's RSS feed.
Podsafe music
Internet Archive
Much of their audio collection is copyright-free or Creative Commons licensed.
Magnatune
This online music label licenses all their music for free use in noncommercial podcasts.
Library Podcasts
"Podcasting" at Library Success Wiki
Emory Library Survival Guide podcast
Arizona State U Library Channel
Worthington Libraries programming podcasts
Recommended Reading
Braun, L. (2007). Listen up!: podcasting for schools and libraries. Medford N.J.: Information Today.
Colombo, G., & Franklin, C. (2005). Absolute Beginner's Guide to Podcasting. Que.
Deal, A. (2007, June 4). Podcasting: A Teaching with Technology White Paper. Retrieved May 19, 2009, from http://connect.educause.edu/blog/jklittle/podcastingateachingw/44653.
Griffey, J. (2007). Podcast 1 2 3. Library Journal, 132(11), 32-34.
Mizrachi, D., & Bedoya, J. (2007). LITE Bites: broadcasting bite-sized library instruction. Reference Services Review, 35(2), 249-256. doi: 10.1108/00907320710749164.
Stephens, M. (2005). Libraries Get Podcasting. Library Journal, 130, 24.
Williams, B. (2007). Educator's Podcast Guide. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.
Worcester, L., & Barker, E. (2006). Podcasting: Exploring the Possibilities for Academic Libraries. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 13(3), 87-91.
Friday presentation tip
Photo by Adam Mulligan
I'd like to share my number one tip for giving presentations:
The F5 key starts the slide show. Don't bother poking through the menus.
Have a great weekend, everyone.
Podcasting webinar registration open
Registration for my ACRL webinar "Podcasting for Libraries" (June 2 at 2pm Eastern) is now open!
Info and registration here (scroll to the bottom of the page).
ACRL webcast on podcasting, June 2
I'm very pleased to announce that I'm giving an ACRL webcast on "Podcasting for Libraries." It's June 2, 11am Pacific/2pm Eastern.
photo by Valeria Melissia Rosalez
Webcast description:
Podcasting is like an Internet radio show, or a blog with audio. It uses the power of RSS syndication to automatically deliver new episodes to listeners. There are millions of podcasts available, covering nearly any topic imaginable. Any library can produce a podcast using free software and inexpensive hardware. If you can post to a blog and talk into a microphone, you can create a podcast. How can your library use podcasting as a tool for teaching, promotion, outreach and programming?This session will explore:
• What a podcast is and isn't
• How RSS makes a podcast work
• Free and cheap hardware and software for podcasting
• Recording and production
• Publishing and sustaining a podcast
• How libraries can use podcasting
• Finding the right voice to reach your audience
Registration isn't open yet, but I'm checking with ACRL to find out what "soon" means. I'll post again (and update this post) when you can actually register.
Registration is now open. (Scroll to the bottom of the page.)
I'm excited, and a little intimidated, by the opportunity to give an ACRL presentation. I think and hope it'll be interesting and fun for all parties concerned.
April 15: panel discussion on GA Library Education
On April 15, next Wednesday at 2pm, I'm participating in a panel discussion on library graduate schools and distance learning at the GSU library. We no longer have a library school in Atlanta -- the only one in Georgia now is at Valdosta State, four hours south of Atlanta -- so most Atlantans do some form of distance ed for their MLIS programs.
I'll be talking about my experiences earning my degree via the Florida State distance ed program, along with three current MLIS students from other programs. Details on the GSU Library blog if you're interested in coming!
Instruction skills and conference presentations
I try not to just link to other posts very often, but I've been in catch-up mode since returning from Computers in Libraries late last week and haven't had time to blog about it. However, among the many other cool things I did and saw at CiL was meeting Catherine Pellegrino, who this morning posted on her blog about What Instruction Librarians Could Teach The Rest Of Us About Conference Presentations.
This is one of those head-slap moments. I'm supposed to know how to be a good teacher; why don't I use any of those active learning techniques in my presentations? I have no idea. I'm going to think about this before the next time I give a presentation.
My Zotero book
Adventures in Library Instruction podcast
- Episode 35: The Guide on the Side w/ Meredith Farkas
- Episode 34: Discovery Layers in the Classroom
- Episode 33: Love the Cataloger; Hate the Catalog
My posts @GSU Library
I Support
Twittering
- @librarycourtney Happy to advise if you ever need it, of course.