To Pod or Not to Pod, Casting is the Question

Podcasts could be another valuable way of communicating with our customers. It would be great to be able to record short sections of video from events the library runs to promote subsequent activities. Perhaps we could ask authors who will be coming to do talks to do a short interview that could be recorded and loaded as a podcast on our website for promotion of their talk. Or, when the Children's section are running a school holiday activity, they could promote with podcasts.

We could even record one of the Bookclub groups and add that to the website. It might be a good way of encouraging others who may be shy about attending to let them see what it would be like. It would also allow those who are unable to attend to read along and watch podcasts each month at their convenience. The only problem I forsee would be finding people who are happy to be filmed and put onto the web. Alternatively, we could get a small group of staff to do a discussion and run an online bookclub using a combination of resources.

It would also be good to use podcasts with our Local Studies section to have people come in and tell their stories of life in our Shire, gradually working through different time periods and events. What a great way of capturing and sharing knowledge.