Friday, 13 January 2017

About Podcast in the libraries

Podcasts are commonly used to broadcast audios / videos on the Internet. A podcast represents an episodic series of digital media files (which can be audio or visual format), which user can set up and allow automatically downloaded via web syndication to local computer or portable media devices, such as iPod etc. Most of the podcasts are free to download. 

Podcasts are widely used in libraries and universities to 'broadcast' lectures, talks or interviews etc. on the web, so their users can have access to the audio/ video files on the web, without physically going to the libraries. 

National Library of Australia hosts a number of lectures, events and conferences on various topics, using Podcasts for its library users. 

National Library of Australia website: http://www.nla.gov.au

An example : Thomas Keneally's lecture on "Gutenberg Fights on: A Survival Story" for the 2014 Ray Mathew Lecture.  
URL: http://www.nla.gov.au/news/thomas-keneally-gutenburg-fights-on

Summary of Thomas Keneally's lecture 

Thomas Keneally, a well-beloved awarded writer, is invited to present his experience in writing, publishing and researching at the special event of the 2014 Ray Mathew Lecture. Thomas shares his journey of being a writer in Australia.  He began to write because he was a social outcast and his journey of writing since then was not easy at all. Over his 50 years of writing and publishing life, he observed the impacts of TVs and eBooks etc.  Hence, he encouraged the Australian readers and writers to continue and contribute to Australian literature culture for the current and future age to come. 

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