LIBR 246-12: Web 2.0 and Social Networking Tools (Fall 2008)

For those of you who may not know it, there's a lot of great art in the Pasadena City College Shatford Library. In cooperation with Sandra Haynes, Art Department Professor, the Library created podcasts discussing the Artist in Residence program. You can explore the art and listen to the podcasts here: http://www.pasadena.edu/air/index.html 

I love the idea of having information to go. With podcasts, libraries can avail themselves of a great tool. In thinking about how they can be used at my library, I feel that it would be a great way for us to market new resources and services. Right now we are doing a trial of Safar Textbooks and Learning Express Library. There is only a link to them at the bottom of our homepage. With a podcast, students could download and hear about the latest library news. We also have an exhibit in our main entrance that came from NASA, but in looking at our website, you wouldn't even know it.

Smithsonian: Podcasts

The Smithsonian offers podcasts on a variety of topics.  This collection would be a wonderful resource for research on, including but not limited to, art, history, music, and science.  The Global Sound Podcasts include music from all around the world.  Morever, it featuresTools for Teaching, resources and lesson plans for grades K-12.

I enjoyed the podcasts from the Seattle Public Library.  They offer a variety of podcasts:  authors/events,  teens, library tour, information professionals podcasts.  The podcasts are well-organized.  It's wonderful to be able to access these wonderful resources with a click of a mouse.