Pods and Vods

So podcasting and vodcasting.  While I don’t spend a lot of time listening to podcasts at home (I never was much of a talk radio/audio book kind of guy), I do watch vodcasts a lot.  Let’s face it Youtube is pretty cool and there is some pretty funny stuff out there.  And it definitely has impact on the world.  I mean how many news story’s have broke in recent years that started out as vodcasts on Youtube or simliar sights?

I think podcasts and vodcasts have a lot to offer the CCC library.  We already use podcasting for kids storytime.  And I now that the teen myspace page features videos from time to time (i.e the current tech support video, which I have to say is pretty good).  I really think it would be cool if we could set it up so patrons (teens, adults, kids, )  could post videos of books and library services they recommend and enjoy.  I also think it would be cool if we had vodcasts showing patrons how to do commonly asked questions (i.e. downloading audio ebooks), so they could see how to do something step by step 24 hours a day.

The more we incorporate this kind of technology in our website the easier we make it for people to become involved in the library community (not an orginal thought, but it is nonetheless true).