Podcasting And Videocasting Bootcamp

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Podcasting And Videocasting Bootcamp

• David Free
• David Lee King

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Agenda

• Part 1 Podcasting 101
• Part 2 Videocasting 101
• Break!
• Part 3 Lets Make Stuff!

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Part 1 Podcasting 101
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A Podcast Is

• a digital recording of a radio broadcast or
  similar program, made available on the Internet
  for downloading to a personal audio player.
• - New Oxford American Dictionary

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• MP3 RSS Podcast
• - Aaron Schmidt

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Who Downloads Podcasts?
Pew Internet and American Life Project -
www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/193/report_display.asp
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• 30 of 18-24 year olds own MP3 player
• 54 of 12-17 year olds own MP3 player

TEMPO Survey (July 2006) - www.ipsosna.com/news/pr
essrelease.cfm?id3124
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Juice

• Juice - ipodder.sourceforge.net

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Juice

• Juice - ipodder.sourceforge.net

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Bloglines

• Bloglines - www.bloglines.com

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Podcast Pickle

• Podcast Pickle - www.podcastpickle.com

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Podcast Pickle

• podCast411 Directory of Directories
  -www.podcast411.com/page2.html

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Podzinger

• Podzinger www.podzinger.com

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iTunes

• iTunes - www.apple.com/itunes

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Podcasting In Libraries
Podcasting In Libraries
www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/82484365
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Podcast Your

• Speakers
• Lectures
• Interviews
• (Make sure to get permission!)

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• I just wanted to say thank you for the podcasts.
  I sadly had to miss many of these talks live, and
  it was great to be able to experience them. Very
  professionally done, too. Keep up the good work!
• GPC faculty member via email

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Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

• Claude Moore Health Sciences Library (UVA)
  -www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/hi
  storical/lectures.cfm

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Pritzker

• Pritzker Military Library Podcasts -
  www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/podcasts/index.jsp

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Pritzker

• Princeton (NJ) Public Library Poetry Podccats -
  pplpoetpodcast.wordpress.com

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Cheshire PL

• Orange County (FL) Library System
  www.ocls.info/podcast

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Cheshire PL

• Cheshire Public Library Podcast -
  www.cheshirelib.org/teens/cplpodcast.htm

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Promote Your

• Services
• Resources
• Events
• What do you want people to know about your
  library?

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GPC

• GPC Decatur Campus Library www.gpc.edu/declib/p
  odcasts.htm

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Dowling

• Dowling College Library Omnibus -
  www.dowling.edu/library/newsblog/podcasts.asp

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Teach Them

• Tours
• Library instruction sessions
• Technical training
• Internal training too!

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Ohio University

• Ohio University Alden Library Audio Tour-
• www.library.ohiou.edu/podcasts/?page_id14

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WPI

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute Library Audio To
  Go www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Borrowing/Podca
  sts

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WPI

• Lansing (IL) Public Library Podcasts
  www.lansing.lib.il.us/podcast_directory.htm

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• Have a plan!

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LifePODS

• Moraine Valley Community College Library
• www2.morainevalley.edu/default.asp?SiteId10PageI
  d1496

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7 Steps To Podcast Heaven

• Recording / Editing
• Listening
• Hosting
• Posting
• Feeding
• Promoting
• Evaluate / Repeat

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• 1. Recording And Editing

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Recording Skype
Skype www.skype.com
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PowerGrammo
PowerGrammo www.powergrammo.com
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Audacity

• Audacity - audacity.sourceforge.net

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Audacity

• Garageband - www.apple.com/ilife/garageband

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• 2. Listening

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• 3. Hosting

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• blip.tv blip.tv

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• 4 - 5. Posting / Feeding

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5. Feeding

• ACRLog RSS Feed acrlblog.org/index.php?feedrss2
  

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5. Feeding

• Listen Up! Feedburned feeds.feedburner.com/gpcli
  braryradio

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• 6. Promoting

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6. Promoting
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• 7. Evaluate Repeat

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8 Things I Learned About Podcasting

• 1. Make sure it feeds!
• 2. Promote. Then promote some more.
• 3. Keep it short.
• 4. Use music sparingly!
• 5. Multiple voices rock.
• 6. Podcast events.
• 7. Consider your web presence.
• 8. Listen to your listeners.

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Happy Podcasting!

• Questions? Comments?
• davidfree.pbwiki.com/cil07
• dwfree_at_gmail.com
• AIM dwfree1967
• davidsrandomstuff.blogspot.com
• Fletch courtesy of Sybil and Jim Davidson.