Sunday, August 2, 2009

Thing 21 - Podcasts

Podcasts have so far been a way to hear my favorite NPR news on my own time, when I miss the radio broadcast. So, again, a new perspective: at first, I couldn't get past all the cool stuff in the libsuccess.org wiki. Wow. There are so many resources to learn about! And I've enjoyed learning about the word "portmanteau" used in this way; certainly didn't remember it from Alice in Wonderland! On to podcasts. Found some other library-related podcasts at http://www.libraryspot.com/podcast/othercasts.htm. And I enjoyed the ability to use itunes on my mac to listen to these podcasts, since I already use it for other things! Some other thoughts:
  1. I really miss having some kind of visual content (video, powerpoint, something) for anything I'm being taught (how to, whether knitting, using google scholar or how to search a library catalog).
  2. This is like radio news: Good to listen to when I'm doing something else (cooking, knitting, cleaning) - can you tell I have a hard time sitting still?
  3. I can't find podcasts on some of the linked sites... sometimes searching linked website reveals some (LPI for example).
  4. OK, listening to children's stories being read from Denver Public Library could be something to use in our children's reading library, both for things we don't have, and when someone isn't available to read stories. Bu for the most part: when would our doctors or nurses or therapists or administrators ever find time to listen to these? Can't imagine them taking time to do it. Too boring.
  5. Most of these are short! Shorter can be better, pithy.
National Library of Medicine's podcasts turn out to be Director Lindberg's comments on things like swine flu or TB persistence, for consumer health. Emory University Woodruff Library : Library survival guide (copyrighted!!). Several libraries post these kids of guides for library patrons. Ohio State: best so far: short & pithy. IE: code game, (like scavenger hunt) to learn about the library. instructions to actually do something, with prize money! Something active! Can choose something i want to know about right now. Columbia University's Health Sciences Library provides a podcast on using PubMed to access full text - and it comes with visuals and transcripts!

A number of medical libraries provide information about podcasts, podcatchers, and links to useful podcasts for their patrons' benefit, including medical-related podcasts, like New England Journal of Medicine interviews, JAMA commentary, Johns Hopkins health news, Mayo Clinic interviews, FDA Patient Safety New,s and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

2 comments:

  1. How was the audio quality on the ones you listed to? Sounds like you found some interesting ones.

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