Webcasts (Podcasts and audio blogs)
Webcasts are the delivery of live or delayed sound or video broadcasts using web technologies.
Podcasts are audio files combined with RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and uploaded to a server. Listeners download podcasts using retrieval software so they can listen to it at their convenience on their own iPod or .mp3 player. (PALINET describes it well!)
Vodcasts (video webcasts) are currently not addressed by this wiki, but the actions and tools are very similar.
It's as easy as downloading the file to your computer or MP3 player, and then playing the file back. This information will show you how to become a subscriber and listen regularly.
Listen to this podcast about why one librarian is podcasting!
The New Oxford American Dictionary chose "podcast" as its 2005 Word of the Year.
Podcasting Legal Guide from Creative Commons.
Why not extend customer service and instruction through Podcasts? Create library-specific online support material, and provide audio of programs for patrons to listen directly from the Web or as a downloadable MP3 file.
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