Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Thing 25 Libraries and podcasts

Aghhh . . . one more task related to podcasts . . . enough already. It's just another of these things that appeal to different people. Pretty much, we look at more websites and discuss what we think about using podcasts and videos for the library. Details at:

http://vbpl2point0.blogspot.com/2007/12/thing-25-summarize-your-thoughts-about.html

Interestingly enough, one of the websites, the Podcasting toolbox, commented that podcasts have not lived up to the early promise of popularity, though it may still with the popularity of mp3 players. The library websites listed tended to have podcasts, but the subjects seem boring, and there are no comments left on them---is anyone looking? Is anyone interested? If I was really really really bored, I might look at them but probably never again. It's nice that the library wants to connect and offer more internet services to its customers, but, when I looked at the podcasts, I thought "boring" rather than "cool." It's got to have more personality, more pizazz, more color. Choose a catchy title, provide an exciting description, and maybe it will entice me to actually listen to the podcast.

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