So dinking around in the pod cast lists was fun although the number of Twilight themed podcasts was a tad disturbing) I'm kinda in the same boat with the podcasts as I was with the RSS feeds - so much to look at/listen too - almost too much. I did subscribe to a few casts that were about word geekery (where words came from and why we say what we do) and a multitopic cast about books, reading, libraries, and various other similar literary topics. I'm not sure if I would use pobcasts in my day to day Internet usage, but if I had an Ipod and a long commute in the morning I could definitely see the advantages to having something interesting to listen to that wasn't just music. (note to self, should probably get an mp3 and catch up with the rest of the world)
I'm not quite sure about podcasts and patrons. If the casts are legitimate news feeds than they'd be another helpful tool for research and enrichment, but some podcasts are just people talking about random things or just their own opinions. If patrons are looking to podcast as sources for hardcore facts, then they (or more likely the library) would have to slog through a bunch of cast to help them out (or there might be specifically academic/professional groups of podcast out there already; haven't really checked) I think podcasts are an interesting resource, but I'd hesitate to offer it as a service, unless perhaps it was part of our computer classes.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment