Saturday, November 8th
2 - 2:45
Amytha Willard, Santa Clara County
Megan Wong, Santa Clara County
This program seemed really interesting since we've been talking about maybe looking in to online programming for tweens and teens who cannot make it into the library.
Program -
Online programming - prime audience is the 18-45 segment, suited for lifestyle. Useful in reaching community that is not always at the library, especially for the program. Great for teens who wanted to come to program, but couldn't come at the time. Work is already being done on programs, why not save / document and extend it into another program. Average program is 20 subscribers - building.
Podcasts-
- one podcast station, playable in browser
- rss feed pushes new podcasts automatically to people's phones who are subscribers
*** benefit of subscribing to itunes (for your station)
Important lessons-
- Metadata is key,how people will find your pod casts
- Descriptive meta data
- xml code with metadata embedded
- They paid a consultant (tech librarian said it would take her a week - consultant did it in 4 hours)
- Make sure it is cataloged in the collection so people searching will also see this as a resource!!!!
Companies-
- Boopsie app
- Bibliocommons link to videos
- Itunes will not allows analytics
- Get cheap hosting services for analytics
- Kensco (spelling?) content management, widget built in, rss feed itunes
Sample libraries already doing -
- NYPL - collections, artists, authors
- SFPL - authors, book talks
- Sacramento - google hang out book discussions
- LAPL - map (more, slide moved too fast)
Sample programs -
- DIY videos (craft programs = step by step), book "Bibliocraft" by NYPL Jessica Vicha talks about using the libraries craft book collections and making items in online podcasts all is talked about in book
- Book discussions
- Content creation - example funny song "I like big books and I cannot lie"
Items needed -
- time
- video flip cam ($167)
- tripod ($22)
- pod cast digital recorder ($200)
- mic ($40)
- stand ($11)
- memory card ($8)
- camera (most libraries already have)
- video editing (microsoft media maker or adobe first)
I didn't know Angelica was in this program as well!
ReplyDeleteI really like the "I like big books" idea as well. Very clever.
This program made me think about putting our computer classes online. Would that result in less people attending in person or would we reach a demographic that cannot make it to the library on the night classes are offered. I think it is an idea to explore. I also like the idea of the historical society putting video tours online.
Putting our computer classes online might be difficult because of the length (= large file size) and the importance of the hands-on element. Another option for online computer help would be creating very short videos (perhaps 1-2 minutes) ourselves or else finding and linking to existing high-quality online resources.
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