Podcasts include ALASC events!
Please read on to find out about podcasts @ Simmons College, courtesy of the folks in the GSLIS Technology Lab...journalist Kim Martineau is one of the first podcasts to be featured!
(Original photo by David Dwiggins, posted on Flickr)
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Did you miss Hartford Courant reporter Kim Martineau's recent talk about the pursuit of notorious map thief E. Forbes Smiley? What about library technologist Michael Stephens' enumeration of the top trends in library technology for 2007?
These events, among others, are now available to the world through GSLIScast, a new podcasting service offered by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. The podcasts can be accessed directly over the Web at http://gslis.simmons.edu/podcasts. They can also be downloaded for later use on an iPod, Zune, or other portable media device, and are accessible through Apple's iTunes music store.
The new service, operated by the GSLIS Technology Group and supported by a $2500 Staff Technology Support Grant from the Pottruck Technology Resource Center, is focused on expanding the audience for educational events, workshops, and lectures here at GSLIS, as well as exploring how new multimedia distribution technologies can support the educational mission of the school.
A key audience for the service are commuter students and students enrolled in the GSLIS West program at Mount Holyoke College who may be unable to attend events on the Boston campus. GSLIS alumni and others in the LIS field are also potential listeners of GSLIScast.
As part of the grant program, the GSLIS Technology Group will report on the project, assessing its overall success and making recommendations for others interested in implementing educational podcasting programs. We are evaluating methods of access for the hearing-impaired and looking at different transcription services as part of the project. Transcriptions are already available for some of the podcasts -- see, for example, Crimes of War, Crimes of Peace.
We welcome your feedback on the project -- please e-mail us at gsliscast@simmons.edu.
Best,
Linnea Johnson, David Dwiggins, Cindy Fisher, Terry Plum, and the GSLIS Technology Group Team