Producing Effective Library Podcasts

Producing Effective Library podcasts

Podcast planning, production, storage, and distribution

Matthew HarpDigital Library Production Manager

Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Services

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Workshop Outline

the library channel

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podcast basics

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

podcastA type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of files

(either audio or video) subscribed to and downloaded

through web syndication.

episodic

syndicationdownloaded

click for video podcasts

podcasts

Library Podcast Listing: libsuccess.org(some outdated)

instruction

public / community

reviews

Ideas come from anywhere and anyoneideaseveryone can contribute

plan ahead

we make it happen

“I hate when things are hard to understand or complicated. It needs to say what it is.”

Keep itsimple

Try It! IdeasTry it! Take an idea and workshop it.

Come up with a topic

Choose participants

What can you discuss in ten minutes?

Planning and Scheduling can be the

hardest part

Think:

Introductions, highlights and how you

will close

You have 20 minutes!

Suggestions....

1.New Services

2.Exhibits

3.author readings

4.children's books

5.Library Instruction

6.New eBooks to read on

your Kindle or Nook

7.Events

8.Helpful Tips

9.Community Engagement

RecordrecordFred McIlvain hosts

Faculty and Librarians Team-Up for Success:

Cancer and Heart Disease

with Katherine O’Clair

and Dr. Ken Mossman

http://lib.asu.edu/librarychannel/2008/09/26/ep82_facteam5/

Episode 82

Try it: Recording

Try it! • Pick talent (1 – 2 people)

• Crew (rotate): 1Recording person, Mixer, Computer

• Record opening, discussion, and closing

HAVE FUN

You have 20 minutes!

Editing

editrefine till it’s right

Process

Try it! Editing

Try it! Import audio

Cut Clips

Separate tracks

Adjust edit and repeat

Add Music

Remember to Save your Project

You have 40 minutes!

What you should learn…

Identify Garage Band Timelines

Timeline basics

Keyboard Shortcuts

Adjusting Trims

Fading Levels

“Ducking” background music

GarageBandDemo

Export

Try it! ExportTry it! •Save Project

•Export AAC

•Open iTunes

•Add Metadata

•(Transform to mp3)

You have 20 minutes!

What you should learn…

Metadata Basics

Locating exported file

Distribute

distributeand promote

finally…

discover share and use

Distribution TryTry it!

• Load content to web

• Discuss distribution option

• Metadata:How would you describe?

• Talk MarketingStrategies

Basic Podcast Resources

1. Internet Archive

2. Blogger

3. Feedburner

4. iTunes Podcast Submission

Integration

integration

leverage resources

resource links

tags

twitter feed

descriptions/metadata

Branding

ASU brand

library brand=

video podcasts

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Minute 33: ExhibitsView on YouTube

Library Minute example

lessonsbudgetkeep it realkeep it simple

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questionsMatthew Harpmharp@asu.edu

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sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/librarypodcasts/

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