Friday, November 2, 2007

November 2 2007 (#2)

Thing 7 Podcasting
I checked Jared Diamond's works on the Learn Out Loud podcasting site, but without the "radio wave" podcasting symbol, they can't be loaded into the RSS feed reader.
(Q1) I listened to Medieval History last week and Byzantine History and Rough Guides Intro and Da Vinci Code interviews today. I added the Learn Out Loud Byzantine History Lecture Series and the Rough Guides DaVinci Code interview to my RSS Feed Reader in Google.
(Q2) Podcasts can be a useful supplement to audiobooks and playaways that enable patrons with a home broadband connection but with limited physical mobility or time to experience some aspects of an interview or lecture. Some multitasking people might be able to listen to a podcast on an area of interest while doing a spreadsheet or text document on their computer for example.
(Q3) Our patrons might be interested in hearing travel or history, especially of their ancestral country or a place they plan to visit. Philosophy, and trends of science discovery and topics in the social sciences might also lend themselves to audio feeds.
(Q4) I really have no other experience -- this was interesting to check out.

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