Podcasting

Podcasting is a simple means of distributing audio content over the Internet, taking advantage of the power of RSS. Content consumers (end-users) can subscribe to a feed of a producer's audio content and receive automatic downloads of new content as it is made available online. A more comprehensive discussion of podcasting can be found in the Wikipedia entry on podcasting.

For the library that works hard to produce audio content such as recordings of programs or library tours, podcasting can be an effective means of making that content more widely available.

The following is a list of libraries and affiliated organizations that are currently podcasting:

• Arizona State University Libraries (podcast feed)
• Atwater Library and Computer Centre (podcast feed)
• Cheshire Public Library (podcast feed)
• Claude More Health Sciences Library University of Virginia (podcast feed)
• Curtin University of Technology Library and Information Service, Perth, Western Australia (podcast feed)
• Denver Public Library (podcast feed)
• Dowling College Library Omnibus (podcast feed)
• GPC Decatur Campus Library (podcast feed)
• Grand Rapids Public Library
• The Infopeople Project (podcast feed)
• Kankakee Public Library (podcast feed)
• Lansing Public Library (multiple feeds) and branded version of the podcatcher Juice with our feeds preloaded!
• The Lunar and Planetary Institute (podcast feed)
• Manchester Public Library (multiple feeds, including a videocast feed)
• Memorial Hall Library (podcast feed)
• Mohawk College Library(podcast feed)
• Muskingum College Library (podcast feed)
• Oklahoma Department of Libraries (podcast feed)
• Orange County Library Orlando, FL (audio and video feeds)
• PALINET Technology Conversations (podcast feed)
• PALINET IR Conversations(podcast feed)
• Pritzker Military Library (podcast feed)
• Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County)
• The Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University (podcast feed)
• Sunnyvale Public Library (podcast feed)
• Thomas Ford Memorial Library Click-A-Story (podcast feed)
• Thomas Ford Memorial Library Audio Reviews by Teens (podcast feed)
• Western Kentucky University Libraries (podcast feed)
• Wisconsin State Legislature - Legislative Reference Bureau (podcast feed)
• WPI's George C. Gordon Library Audio to Go (podcast feed)

Creating your own Podcast

• http://www.gabcast.com/ This free service makes it increadibly easy to do a podcast. Simply call in via phone to record and publish your podcast.
• http://odeo.com/ Odeo is a free service that allows for uploading MP3 files as well as calling in via a phone to record and publish your podcast.