Tracking Podcasts and audio

Podcasts would be a great way to get information out to the community and to let people know about books and other materials that are worth checking out in our collection. The potential for using podcasts on site could be marvellous and have the ability to encourage new clients. The majority of people now are so technology aware, and for those who would rather not be in an organised group, iPods could be booked out (security coded of course!) from the Information Desk and used for discovery tours throughout the library. They could also be used for walking around the galleries and exhibitions – imagine having access to a full verbal description of what is on display. They could also be used for what is happening at the library, alerting of new and interesting materials, movies at the Metcalfe, how to navigate in the reading rooms, author talks, in-house seminar proceedings – their use is endless. Keeping the podcasts, concise, current and interesting would be crucial to their success. We could publicise via our website this great fun, self-help service.