Leadership is On The Air! Training Through Podcasting!
--Angie Gentile-Jordan
and Mary Wilkins-Jordan
CMLE
is a consortium of Central Minnesota
public, academic and special libraries. Many members are solo librarians
who struggle to get the training they need.
They decided to create three podcasts:
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Linking Our Libraries--training for
library staff.
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Book Bites--5 minute book talks- source
for reader’s advisory.
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Reading with Libraries - an online book
group.
What they learned:
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Anybody can lead.
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Make sure you have goals.
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Content is what really matters- need people who
know what they are talking about.
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Content should match the goal.
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Show notes with resources and links.
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Post a quiz at the end to give staff credit for
listening.
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People don’t always believe they are interesting
- encourage them.
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Find people who speak well.
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Evaluate! The only way to improve is from
negative feedback.
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Things will take longer than you expect- each Linking
Our Libraries episode takes 8-10 hours prep.
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Keep it short- Linking Our Libraries
episodes are 20 minutes long - library staff can listen on the way to work.
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Youtube has videos on podcasting.
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$15/month is the maximum you should pay for a
server.
How CMLE does podcasts:
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Hosting by Libysn.
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“Chunking”- days of constant recording - edit
later
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Release schedule- 15 episodes per “season” - 1
per week -seasons can be as long as you want.
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Guest hosts drawn from members- guests pick
topics-they encourage guests to bring notes or a rough sketch.
More on their podcasting here, including studio photos. They are happy
to offer equipment recommendations.
Possible uses for a podcast at Saint Paul Public Library:
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Local history
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Training for new staff
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Training on Innovation Lab equipment
Recommended podcasts:
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Professional Book Nerds
(from Overdrive)
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Bookriot
Making Virtual Reality a Reality in Your Library
--Chris Austin, Cheryl Hill and James Hill
Libraries have long served as points for patrons to
experience new technology, and virtual reality seems to be the next big thing.
Virtual reality can be experienced with viewers that connect
to a mobile device, or with a more immersive helmet connected to a desktop
computer,
Zumbrota Public Library uses an HTC Vive. It
requires quite a heavy-duty computer- the whole setup is about $2000. Grants or donations may be an option.
Coding for Cospaces
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Cospaces- educational - can code cute animals
to do things (free version available)
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Virtual tour of the library-Google Tours is free
if you use a personal gmail address.,
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Virtual moonwalk for NASA-themed program ($9.69)
Virtual reality attracts teens and men to the library. It
can be used to experience things that can’t be seen in person.
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