Transcript Podcasting: Yes, you can! Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian NLC Eastern Library System Library Media Specialist Training Day 5 May 2007

Podcasting:
Yes, you can!
Michael Sauers
Technology Innovation Librarian
NLC
Eastern Library System
Library Media Specialist Training Day
5 May 2007
What is a podcast?
“The method of distributing
multimedia files, such as audio
or video programs, over the
Internet using either the RSS or
Atom syndication formats, for
playback on mobile devices
and personal computers. The
term podcast, like 'radio', can
mean both the content and
the method of delivery.”
—Wikipedia
What isn’t a podcast?
• A Web page with links to
downloadable audio or video
content.
How might I use podcasts at the
library?
• Booktalks (recruit patrons to
write/read)
• Book reviews
• “Teasers” for New books, Old
favorites, Special occasions
• Library Newsletter
• Tutorials
• Teens’ / Students’ original
work (permissions)
How do I do a podcast?
(The “I have no budget” model)
Step 1: Record
• Onto computer or digital
recorder
• Export as MP3
Step 2a: via a blog
• Upload the MP3 file to a
Web server
• Link to MP3 in a blog post
• Create feed for podcast
(one-time set-up through
Feedburner)
Step 2b: straight to RSS
• Upload your MP3 file to
your Web server
• Create the RSS file
(ListGarden)
• Publish the feed file to your
Web server
3. Subscribe & Listen!
• Choose an aggregator or
podcasting client
(Bloglines, iTunes)
• Subscribe to the feed
• Listen to the downloaded
content
Getting set up: One-time tasks
1. Create a blog and/or find
some space on a Web
server
2. Create a Feedburner
account for podcast
3. Download recording
software
1. RECORD
You will need:
– Computer with sound card and
a microphone to plug into mic
jack, or
– A USB microphone with a built in
soundcard
– Software that will record and
convert to MP3 (Audacity)
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Record with Audacity
Export as MP3 file
• File | Export as MP3
• The first time you export as MP3
it will prompt you to download
a lame_enc.dll file
Download & Install LAME
Find & Open lame_enc.dll
Edit ID3 tags
• A tag edit
window will
pop up — add
title, “artist”
and choose
genre
(probably
“other”)
Upload MP3 file to Web server
• Uploading instructions will vary
from library to library
– copy and paste using Front
Page; or
– ftp; or
– whatever method you normally
use
2a. Blog
• You will need:
– Space on a Web server for your
MP3 files
(provided for the class)
– A blog
(to be created next)
Create a Blogger blog
http://www.blogger.com/
Create an account
Name Your Blog
Choose a template
Your blog has been created!
Link to the MP3 file on your blog
Your blog post published
successfully!
Creating a podcast feed
• If blog does not create enclosures for media
files (Blogger does not), use Feedburner to
create feed for podcast.
http://www.feedburner.com/
Choose feed version
Burn the feed
Configure podcast for iTunes
Congrats!
Customize your podcast
“And then magic happens…”
Remember, once you
have set up the feed
with Feedburner it
automatically creates
“enclosures” on the
feed it creates from your
blog
2b. Straight to RSS
Download and install ListGarden
http://softwaregarden.com/products/listgarden
Create your Feed
Add your MP3 as an item
Set the browse values (once)
Publish your feed
Choose the file to enclose
3. Listen!
Users can listen to:
• the MP3 file on the blog
assuming you used this
method (this is not the
podcast)
• the podcast in iTunes or other
podcasting client
• the podcasts in Bloglines or
other aggregator
iTunes
Bloglines
Publicizing your podcast?
• Register with iTunes
• Post a link to your podcast on
your blog and/or website
• Announce in the library
newsletter or in the local
newspaper
iTunes instructions
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/
podcasts/techspecs.html
Examples of podcasts
• Penguin Podcasts
http://thepenguinpodcast.blogs.com/
• Podfeed.net—podcasts tagged with
‘reading’
http://podfeed.net/tags/reading
• SWILSA’s News & Views weekly
podcast
http://www.swilsanews.blogspot.com
Thank You!
Michael Sauers
[email protected]
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