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I am a Children's Assistant at the Harris County Public Library – Tomball Branch

Monday, December 3, 2007

Week 9: #21 Podcasts, Smodcasts!

I went through all of the suggested podcasts directories listed and went searching for a podcast that interested me. Also, another part of the discovery exercise was to find some interesting library related podcasts such as book review podcasts or library news and add it to the RSS feed for a podcast to my Bloglines account. I used the Yahoo! Search to find podcasts. I found the Denver Public Library Podcasts site. It has podcasts of stories for kids, book reviews, author interview and various literacy topics. Pretty neat! Also, I found interesting things at the Orange County Library System, which was the first public library to offer RSS (Really Simple Syndication). The library provides their customers with the knowledge of an author visit at the library, find out about the next book sale, and learn about health and business programs plus more by using the Library's RSS. Their OCLS Children's Podstory, where the children and families can enjoy listening to their storytellers share their favorite tales. I do think podcasts are very useful, as a way of reviewing information that people may have skipped over when it was first presented to them. It’s very useful tool to have. I am still trying to keep up with what I have learned.

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