Sue Lawley presented Desert Island Discs on BBC radio for 16 years from 1988 - 2006. Unfortunately she retired from the show before the first podcast of the show was available, which according to wikipedia, was the 29th November 2009 episode which featured Morrissey. Podcasts of recent episodes can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/did. For an actual lawley related podcast, check out the audio tour of the library at ECU Mt Lawley.
Cockburn Libraries have just started on the podcast journey with an audio recording of a recent genealogy talk held at Colbellup Library. It was a bit like that Beck song - '...two turntables and a microphone' (minus the two turntables, and with the addition of a laptop). I see our podcast has been added to the week #9 course material.... right at the top of the list - thanks City of Swan Libraries. Technically, should we wait until the second event recording is out to say we are actually podcasting?
It seems, to me, like a no-brainer recording and podcasting events held at your library. You have already done the hard part; arranging the talent to appear, then it only takes a little more effort to record preceeding, thus allowing a whole new audience to experience the event. Sometimes it just not possible to get to the library at 11am on a Tuesday, no matter how interesting the event sounds.
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ReplyDeleteYes it does seem like the hard part is done organising the event, but given all the technical hitches we have all had in doing this course I wonder how easy recording and posting would really be overall for less experienced staff. I also have a concern about permission to video and post online. We had a woman at a talk one day who chose to sit right at the front and then told us that she didn't want to be in any photos. So knowing that the event would be videoed and posted online could put some people off. Then again it might actually attrtact others! The point is it's an issue that we need to deal with.
ReplyDeletemirrad, The technical part is quite straight forward once you look into it, but i guess we'll see how this Saturday's event at Spearwood Library goes. For audio recording, as long as the presenter is happy to be recorded, and you tell the audience that it is being recorded there shouldn't be any issues. If you don't want to be recorded, don't ask a question. Same as for video, I can see some people wouldn't want to be filmed, though as long as you are only filming the presenter, the audience shouldn't have an issue with it.
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