Thing 17: Podcasts

I viewed the video on podcasting. (Love those little videos.)

I checked out the podcasting resources and decided I liked Podcast.com the best. In searching one of the channels, Books, I found that Denver Public Library has a series of podcasts. I listened to one of those, expecting a review of a book, but found it was the reading of a children's book. Surprising, didn't think you could read the entire book over the air without permission. In the description of the podcast they do state that: Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Kidwick Books. Please note: this book comes with a dramatic audio CD read by the author and a cast of voice actors. You can see and hear a sample of the book on the Kidwick site.

It seems as tho Denver PL has obtained the permissions and even given Kidwick Books a bit of a advertising boost. Kidwick Books is linked to their website.

The podcast even links to the Denver PL online catalog. You can reserve the commercially produced audio there.

All the sharing tools such as Digg, Reddit and Delicious are included in the podcast info. Good use of podcasting and library 2.0.

Needless to say there are many, many podcasts out there. The problem is time. I have a large block of time for listening while commuting to work, but I refuse to give up NPR news and books on tape to listen to various podcasts.

More later.