From: ALCTS-CE Announce <alcts.ce.announce_at_gmail.com>
ALCTS Webinar: Podcasts: What Are They And Can Librarians Play?
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Sessions begin at 11 am Pacific | 12 Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm
Eastern and last about an hour.
Podcasts are free radio shows—like those on National Public Radio (NPR).
One can listen to podcasts at any time in any place. Imagine hitting
"play" and listening to NPR shows while commuting, waiting on line, or
doing chores. But podcasts are not limited to shows on NPR—they include
shows and stories not found on TV, online, in print, or on the radio.
The main themes of this webinar are that podcasts have unique and useful
scholarly and leisurely material that is easy to access and that
librarians can be on the front lines of organizing and marketing them.
Librarians will take away marketing and organizing ideas they can
implement immediately, as well as ideas about marketing and organizing
this relatively unknown medium in the future.
This webinar will appeal to any type of librarian because podcasts are
available in most topics. There are shows about leisurely topics such as
sports, storytelling, news, gardening, comedy, and yoga. There are shows
about scholarly topics such as law, medicine, psychology, economics, and
learning foreign languages. Podcast shows have celebrity guests, such as
Hillary Clinton, Tom Hanks, Louis CK, and Jon Hamm. Shows are also
produced by known scholarly entities, such as New England Journal of
Medicine and Bloomberg Law.
Learning Outcomes
Webinar attendees will learn:
about podcasts' role in scholarly and leisurely communication
how to listen to podcasts on desktop and mobile devices
how to market podcasts to the public. Librarians will take away ideas
they can implement immediately.
how librarians can use their skills to organize podcast shows by using
existing classification systems. Students will receive a spreadsheet of
suggested podcast shows organized using the Library of Congress
Classification System. Podcasts have a "discoverability problem,"
meaning there is no Google for podcasts. Librarians can help people
discover content.
how librarians can start a discussion about future goals for organizing
and marketing podcasts, such as creating a website that reviews podcast
shows and a large database organizing podcast episodes
Who Should Attend?
Librarians interested in organizing and marketing podcasts should attend
the class. There is room for everyone—from one who has never heard a
podcast to a podcast enthusiast.
Course Level & Prerequisites - beginner and intermediate level; no
prerequisites
Presenter -
Sheryl Ramer Gesoff is the director of the Health Sciences Library at
Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst, New York. She is most interested
in responding to the needs of hospital employees in innovative ways,
including purchasing web-based tutorials, such as Rosetta Stone, and
differential diagnosis programs, such as Isabel HealthCare. Sheryl’s
favorite podcasts include Scientific American's 60 Second Science,
Freakonomics, NPR's Fresh Air, StoryCorps, The Moth, and Pop Culture
Happy Hour.
Fee-
ALCTS Member (individual) . . . $43
Nonmember (individual) . . . $59
International (individual) . . . $43
Groups
(Applies to a group of people who will watch the webinar together from
one access point.)
Member group . . . $99
Nonmember group . . . $129
All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes unlimited access
to the webinar recording. All registered attendees will receive the link
to the recorded session, so if you are unable to attend the webinar at
the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the
recording at your convenience.
How to Register
To register, complete the online registration form or register by mail
for the session you would like to attend.
Contact
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration_at_ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese,
ALCTS Events Manager, at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
Received on Wed Sep 24 2014 - 07:04:08 EDT