As Liz said, we’re in Monterey at the Internet Librarian Conference. It’s great to be here and to see and talk to the people who write the blogs and articles that inspire me regularly. I attended a great session this afternoon on podcasting and videocasting. Topeka and Shawnee County Library’s digital branch manager David King was one of the panel speakers.
I am thinking about podcasting as a training tool. What if we had monthly or even weekly podcasts on a technology topic? More and more library staff members have MP3 players now and could use them to listen to these podcasts.
I’m not sure that I’m ready for videocasting, but I do like to think about the use of videos for training, too. I like the idea of creating short video tutorials on technology topics. These tutorials could be used and viewed independently or as a follow-up to face-to-face training. The tutorials could be created to meet the needs of NEKLS libraries. Hmm… maybe I’ll soon be sending out a casting call notice for some technology video actors??!!
Comment By: Christie
October 24th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
Great idea! Have a great time in the conference!
Comment By: Chris Carleton
October 26th, 2006 at 6:58 am
My only crux with videocasting is I look like Stephen King-who-should-play-football, and I’d feel kinda corney doing a 10 sec intro for a 2-3 minute video cast.
I am toying with the idea of screencasting though, quick, easy, relevant, and everyone can see what you do and how you do it.
Comment By: David King
October 30th, 2006 at 8:43 am
Another idea… for training, do screencasting. Your voice, a sorta kinda live demo of a product (ie., proquest, sirsi…). No actual person shown.