Opportunities for Libraries and How to Learn More
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Opportunities for Libraries and How to Learn More
˳˳ Libraries Recommending Podcasts English: Podcasts, City College of New York Libraries (http://libguides.ccny.cuny.edu/c.php There seems to be plenty of information on producing ?g=346751&p=2337600) 1 ˳˳ podcasts (for libraries), and many libraries have inter- Recommended Podcasts, Orem Public Library, esting and creative podcasts that they produce for their Orem, Utah (www.oremlibrary.org/index.php audiences or for other librarians.2 For a few samples, /eresearch/legal-information/12-library/general see the section of this report “Podcasts by Librarians.” /35-recommended-podcasts) But another role that libraries can play is curator 2. Make printable handouts about podcasts on of podcasts, recommending the best ones as informa- specific topics. Offer PDF versions for download- tion sources to their communities. There are a number ing from your website and newsletters. of ways this can be done, and these tips could apply 3. Recommend podcast listening apps. Add infor- TechnologyLibrary Reports to school, public, academic, corporate, or any kind of mation to your guides and handouts about how to library. subscribe to podcasts and recommended apps for convenient listening. See the section of this report 1. Create guides to recommended podcasts on “Recommended Tools for Podcast Listening.” our websites. Just as we make guides to recom- 4. Put podcast listening apps on mobile devices mend all types of resources, we can also recom- that you loan out. mend podcasts. We can make guides about pod- 5. Start a podcast discussion club. Make it like a casts, focusing on the specific subject needs of our book club, but for podcasts. Here’s an example
audiences. Here’s an example by Christine Beard- that could spark some ideas: Podcast Brunch Club, alatechsource.org sley of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center http://podcastbrunchclub.com/about. Library: http://libguides.mskcc.org/podcasts/wel 6. Feature on your website lists of podcasts cre- come. We could also integrate podcasts into ated by people in your community—people of existing guides on specific topics. Here are a few all ages and backgrounds. examples: ˳˳
Behavioral Sciences Research Guide, Princeton 2017 February/March University Library (http://libguides.princeton Summary .edu/psychology/multimedia) ˳˳ Medical/Health Sciences: Podcasts, Georgia I hope this report will inspire you to find ways to Tech Library (http://libguides.gatech.edu/c.php include podcasts in your recommendations to your ?g=54010&p=348935) library users! I would love to hear from you about ˳˳ Philosophy: Podcasts, Libraries of the Univer- how you’re using this information, or for questions sity of Adelaide (http://libguides.adelaide.edu and comments. Contact me at http://nicolehennig .au/philosophy/podcasts) .com/contact-me.
39 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig Additional Resources “Our Favorite Podcast Client for iOS: Overcast,” Sep- A. Podcast Criticism and Reviews tember 8, 2016, http://thesweetsetup.com/apps/our -favorite-podcast-client-for-ios. In addition to the sites mentioned through this report, you may also enjoy these sites for reviews of podcasts. App Advice http://appadvice.com The Timbre App Advice is my favorite site for iOS app reviews. www.thetimbre.com Here’s a sample: “Find Your Favorites and Discover If you like to read reviews of podcasts, start with New Podcasts from Anywhere,” http://appadvice.com The Timbre. It’s no longer publishing new stories, /collection/best-podcast-players. sadly, but has plenty of relevant content from previ- ous stories. Android Central www.androidcentral.com Cultured Vultures This is a good site for reviews of Android apps. http://culturedvultures.com/?s=podcasts For example, see “The Best Podcast Apps for Android,” Cultured Vultures is another good site for podcast April 6, 2016, www.androidcentral.com/best-podcast reviews. This link will show you search results for sto- -apps-android. ries about podcasts. Mobile Apps News AV Club http://nicolehennig.com/mobile-apps-news. www.avclub.com/features/podmass To stay current with the best apps for educational This site also reviews podcasts on a regular basis. use, sign up for my free newsletter, Mobile Apps News. It covers the best apps of all kinds for use in educa- B. Statistics tional settings, offers links to real-world examples of creative use, and links to thought-provoking articles These sources are likely to publish new studies in the about emerging technologies. future. They are a good way to keep up with the latest statistics. Alphabetical List of The Podcast Consumer 2016 Podcasts in This Report www.edisonresearch.com/the-podcast-consumer-2016 This report from Edison Research is full of inter- Aaron’s World esting data about podcasts and their listeners. ACLU Podcasts on Mass Incarceration Alt.Latino Podcasting: Fact Sheet, Pew Research, June 15, 2016 Another Round www.journalism.org/2016/06/15/podcasting-fact-sheet AppleVis Podcast Pew Research is a good source for statistics and is The Autism Show always publishing new survey results. Beyond the Stacks The BiCast—Podcast for the Bisexual Community C. The Podcasting Industry The Big Listen February/March 2017 The Bindercast Hot Pod The Bipolar Family www.hotpod.xyz The Blind Hour Podcast A newsletter about podcasts. To keep up with Blind Living Radio industry news, sign up for this e-mail newsletter by The Blind Sport Podcast Nick Quah. Past issues are available here: https:// Bloomer Boomer alatechsource.org www.hotpodnews.com. Book Club for Kids Brains On! D. Reviews of New Podcast Listening Apps Call Your Girlfriend Changing the Face of Power To keep up with new podcast listening apps, try these Changing the World for Deaf People sources. Chirp Radio Podcasts Circulating Ideas The Sweet Setup Code Switch http://thesweetsetup.com Coffee Break Spanish Step by Step
Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology This site offers in-depth reviews of apps, and it usu- College Info Geek ally chooses one top recommended app. For example, Cool Blind Tech
40 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig Cyberpunk Librarian Our National Conversation About Conversations About Dear Book Nerd Race Digital Accessibility Made Simple Outsports—A Voice for LGBT Athletes Disability Matters Oxford Children’s Rights Network Podcasts Disability.TV The Pod Couple The Documentary The Podcast Digest Documents That Changed the World The Podcast History of Our World Don’t Act Your Age Podcast Kid The Dyslexia Quest Podcast Playlist—CBC Ear Snacks PostBourgie Earning Freedom—Michael Santos Poverty Research & Policy Podcast Economic Rockstar Queer State of Mind Elder Justice Podcast Series Radio Ambulante EOS 10 Radio Diaries Podcast Explain Things to Me Radio Diaries—Prison Diaries 500 Words Radio Rookies Freakonomics Radio RadioLab Getting In: A Podcast about the College Admissions The Read Process Red Town Radio #Girlboss Re:Learning Podcast Good Job, Brain! Revisionist History #GoodMuslimBadMuslim Sampler Grapple Sandi Klein’s Conversations with Creative Women The Guilty Feminist Science Friday Higher Ed Seminars about Long-Term Thinking Higher Ed Live Serial The History Chicks Shabam! In Black America She Does—Conversations with Creative Minds In Pod We Trust Short & Curly International Realness The Short Coat Podcast: Broadcasts from the Amazing Invisibilia and Intense World of Medical School Kid Friday: You’re a Kid in a Digital World The Show about Science Kids on Comics Slate’s Double X Gabfest
Latino Rebels Snap Judgment TechnologyLibrary Reports Latino USA Sooo Many White Guys Law School Toolbox Podcast Sound and Fury: The Angry Asian Podcast Lesbian Lounge StarTalk Radio LibUX States of Incarceration Lifehacker Still Buffering Lore Stories from the Brainreels Loud Mute Radio StoryCorps The Mash-up Americans Story Pirates
Math Mutation Storynory alatechsource.org The Naked Scientists Strange Fruit National Native News The Student Caring Podcast for Professors Native America Calling Studio 360 Native Opinion Stuff Mom Never Told You Native Trailblazers Stuff to Blow Your Mind
Nerdette Stuff You Should Know 2017 February/March The New Middle TalkPovert y Radio Nómadas TED Radio Hour Note to Self This American Life On Being This I Believe On the Media Throwing Shade One from the Vaults—Transgender History Podcast Tiny Desk Concerts Open Paren The Torch: The Great Courses Podcast Ouch: Disability Talk Transwaves
41 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Podcat Technology, & Learning Sciences PodLikeThat (from Audiosear.ch) Tumble PodRec—Facebook bot UNICEF Podcasts Product Hunt UnLearned Quora Topic—Podcasts Unprisoned: Stories from the System 7 on 7 Podcast Reviews newsletter Voice of Literacy Tech Times—Podmaster We Want the Airwaves The Telegraph (UK)—Podcasts Welcome to Night Vale Timbre—Podcast Playlists What It Takes What Just Happened? Podcast Listening Apps Women of the Hour—Lena Dunham World of Wonder AntennaPod Audible BeyondPod Alphabetical Lists of Tools and Apps Castro Downcast For your convenience, here is an alphabetical list of Google Play Music all the podcast discovery tools and apps mentioned in iTunes this report. Otto Radio Overcast Podcast Discovery (Directories, Newsletters, Player FM Search Tools) Pocket Casts Podcast Republic Adolescence is a Marketing Tool newsletter Podcasts (Apple) Audible Feast newsletter Podcat Audiosear.ch ShortOrange The Audit newsletter SoundCloud AV Club Spotify Bello Weekly—Bello Collective newsletter Stitcher Radio Between Two Earbuds newsletter TuneIn Radio Earbud newsletter Earbud—NPR Hodgepodge newsletter Notes Hotpod newsletter iTunes Charts 1. See the Library Success wiki page on podcasting, with a section at the bottom of the page on how to Listen to This, The Guardian podcast (for libraries): “Podcasting,” Library Success: Pod-a-Day newsletter A Best Practices Wiki, last updated August 13, 2012, Podcast Chart www.libsuccess.org/Podcasting. PodcastLand 2. Ibid. This site includes a long list of podcasts pro- February/March 2017 Podcasts Reddit group duced by public, academic, and school libraries. alatechsource.org Library Technology ReportsLibrary Technology
42 Podcast Literacy: Educational, Accessible, and Diverse Podcasts for Library Users Nicole Hennig