NYPL webcasts up a storm
December 3, 2007
If you haven’t checked out what the New York Public Library is doing with webcasting, then do so immediately. While we all don’t have the depth and breadth (and big names!) that NYPL has in their programming, the theory stands firm for all libraries: record one-time programming and post it on your library’s website. As you know, programming attendance in libraries is pretty paltry when compared to all the work that goes into putting on a program. This is one way to expand the audience to people who couldn’t attend on that particular date and time, to those who are unable to get to a location, or those who simply prefer not to sit in crowds (like me!).
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Thanks for the nod – essentially, the lesson we’re learning is that the library can be a rich source not just of digital collections, but of digital audio/video…the big gap we have to close is getting those recordings into the hands (er, eyes and ears?) of our users. If you like what’s going on now, just wait – we’re cooking up a few particularly exciting things that’ll both dramatically expand the programming available *and* make it far more accessible and easy to use. Keep an eye on our Labs blog for more soon…
December 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Pity you can’t subscribe to the feed of these events and just have them show up in iTunes. Now THAT would be really cool!
Then again, I haven’t been able to convince the Los Angeles Public Library to do that with their events, either.
It’s called PODCASTING folks! Come on! Join us! It doesn’t hurt, really! (BIG SMILE)
Douglas
December 4th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Douglas – like I said, give us a month (maybe two). You’ll be very pleasantly surprised…
December 8th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Josh,
Great news! This is a resource that deserves to be as widely spread as possible.
Douglas