Podcasting: Yes, you can

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PodcastingYes, you can!
Karen Burns, SW Iowa Library Service Area 2006
kburns_at_swilsa.lib.ia.us
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What is a podcast?

• 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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How might I use podcasts at the library?

• Booktalks (recruit patrons to write/read)
• Book reviews
• Teasers for New books, Old favorites, Special
  occasions
• Library Newsletter
• Tutorials
• Teens / Students original work (permissions)

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How do I do a podcast?

• (The I have no budget model)

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Step 1 Record

• Onto computer or digital recorder
• Export as mp3

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Step 2 Blog

• Put mp3 file on a webserver
• Link to mp3 in a blog post
• Create feed for podcast (one-time set-up through
  Feedburner)

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3. Listen!

• Users will be able to listen to the mp3 file,
  or subscribe to the podcasts

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Getting set up One-time tasks

• Create a blog
• Create a Feedburner feed for podcast
• Download recording software

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Setting up a blog

• Try one out in Bloggerit costs nothing!
• http//www.blogger.com

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Step 1 Create an account
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Step 2 Name your blog
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Step 3 Choose a template
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Your blog is ready to use!
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Posting
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Publish the post
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Settings Basic
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Settings Formatting
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Settings Comments
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Other Settings

• Publishing
• Archiving
• Site Feed
• E-mail

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Inviting members to the team
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Customizing Template
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Customizing the sidebar
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Sidebarcustomized!
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Save and Republish
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View your blog!
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Creating a podcast feed

• If blog does not create enclosures for media
  files (Blogspot does not), use Feedburner to
  create feed for podcast http//www.feedburner.
  com

Type your blogs URL here
Check I am a podcaster
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Burn the feed
This is the address for your podcast feed
If you dont already have an account with
Feedburner, create one. (Or, log in if you do.)
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Configure podcast (tags)
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Downloading recording software
Were using Audacity, free from http//audacity.s
ourceforge.net
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1. RECORD

• You will need
• Computer with sound card
• Microphone to plug into mic jack
• Software that will record and convert to mp3
• (Audacity, for example)

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Record on Audacity
Click on Record button (Be sure microphone is
selected input device) Begin speaking into the
microphone. When finished, click on the Stop
button.
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Export as mp3 file

• FileExport as mp3
• (The first time you export as mp3 it will prompt
  you to download a lame_enc.dll file)
• A tag edit window will pop upadd title, artist
  and choose genre (probably other)

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2. BLOG

• You will need
• Space on a webserver to place your mp3 file
• A blog

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Copy mp3 file to webserver

• To a folder on your librarys website, for
  example)
• copy and paste using Front Page or
• ftp or
• whatever method you normally use

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Create Link to mp3 file on your blog
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And then magic happens

• Remember, once you have set up the feed with
  Feedburner it automatically creates enclosures
  on the feed it creates from your blog

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3. Listen!

• Users can listen to
• The mp3 file on the blog
• The podcast in iTunes or other podcatcher
• The podcasts from a subscription to the podcast
  feed

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How do I let people know about my podcasts?

• Register them with iTunes
• Post podcast URL feed on your blog, website
• Publicize in newsletter, on website, newspaper

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Examples of podcasts

• Isinglass Teen Read Award Booktalks(Hopkinton
  Middle and High Schools)
• http//www.hopkintonschools.org/hhs/library/podcas
  t.htm
• Kankakee Public Libraryhttp//www.lions-online.or
  g/Podcasts.html
• Podfeed.netpodcasts tagged with reading
• http//podfeed.net/tags/reading
• SWILSAs News Views weekly podcast
• http//www.swilsanews.blogspot.com