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Podcasting:Yes, you can!
Michael SauersTechnology Innovation Librarian
NLC
Eastern Library SystemLibrary Media Specialist Training Day
5 May 2007
What is a podcast?“The method of distributing
multimedia files, such as audio or video programs, over the Internet using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. The term podcast, like 'radio', can mean both the content and the method of delivery.”—Wikipedia
What isn’t a podcast?
• A Web page with links to downloadable audio or video content.
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)
How do I do a podcast?
(The “I have no budget” model)
Step 1: Record
• Onto computer or digital recorder
• Export as MP3
Step 2a: via a blog
• Upload the MP3 file to a Web server
• Link to MP3 in a blog post• Create feed for podcast
(one-time set-up through Feedburner)
Step 2b: straight to RSS
• Upload your MP3 file to your Web server
• Create the RSS file (ListGarden)
• Publish the feed file to your Web server
3. Subscribe & Listen!
• Choose an aggregator or podcasting client(Bloglines, iTunes)
• Subscribe to the feed• Listen to the downloaded
content
Getting set up: One-time tasks1. Create a blog and/or find
some space on a Web server
2. Create a Feedburner account for podcast
3. Download recording software
1. RECORD
You will need:– Computer with sound card and
a microphone to plug into mic jack, or
– A USB microphone with a built in soundcard
– Software that will record and convert to MP3 (Audacity)
Audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Record with Audacity
Export as MP3 file
• File | Export as MP3• The first time you export as
MP3 it will prompt you to download a lame_enc.dll file
Download & Install LAME
Find & Open lame_enc.dll
Edit ID3 tags
• A tag edit window will pop up — add title, “artist” and choose genre (probably “other”)
Upload MP3 file to Web server
• Uploading instructions will vary from library to library– copy and paste using Front
Page; or– ftp; or– whatever method you normally
use
2a. Blog
• You will need:– Space on a Web server for your
MP3 files(provided for the class)
– A blog(to be created next)
Create a Blogger blog
http://www.blogger.com/
Create an account
Name Your Blog
Choose a template
Your blog has been created!
Link to the MP3 file on your blog
Your blog post published successfully!
Creating a podcast feed• If blog does not create enclosures for media
files (Blogger does not), use Feedburner to create feed for podcast. http://www.feedburner.com/
Choose feed version
Burn the feed
Configure podcast for iTunes
Congrats!
Customize your podcast
“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
2b. Straight to RSS
Download and install ListGardenhttp://softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden
Create your Feed
Add your MP3 as an item
Set the browse values (once)
Publish your feed
Choose the file to enclose
3. Listen!
Users can listen to:• the MP3 file on the blog
assuming you used this method (this is not the podcast)
• the podcast in iTunes or other podcasting client
• the podcasts in Bloglines or other aggregator
iTunes
Bloglines
Publicizing your podcast?
• Register with iTunes• Post a link to your podcast on
your blog and/or website• Announce in the library
newsletter or in the local newspaper
iTunes instructions
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html
Examples of podcasts
• Penguin Podcastshttp://thepenguinpodcast.blogs.com/
• Podfeed.net—podcasts tagged with ‘reading’
http://podfeed.net/tags/reading
• SWILSA’s News & Views weekly podcast
http://www.swilsanews.blogspot.com
