Exactly what is podcasting? And would it serve a useful purpose in your library setting? Here are two ideas: how about delivering library instruction to users through a podcast or setting up a podcast studio in the library for your users?

Join Rachael Clemens, Distance Education Librarian at Cal State University Fullerton and Karen Howell, Director of Leavey Library at USC as they present some of the mechanics and applications of podcasting. Karen will describe a pilot project in which a podcasting studio has been designed in the library where students can create podcasts for their course assignments. Hear about some of the challenges, user feedback and future plans surrounding the establishment of this service. Rachael will detail a pilot project in delivering library instruction via video and audio podcasts. Sample instruction episodes, equipment options, costs, time investment and user response will be described.

Bio

Rachael Green Clemens has been the Distance Education Librarian at California State University Fullerton for five years. She has worked with faculty in the Department of Nursing to fully integrate information literacy skills into that curriculum, developing appropriate assignments, creating library instruction sessions and crafting online information literacy modules. Rachael incorporates the marketing skills and value of outreach she learned as a Public Relations Administrator at Lexus (division of Toyota Motor Sales) into library-land. She received her MLS from Texas Woman’s University in 1998 and a BA in Political Science from Concord College in West Virginia.

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CSUF Library Guide for Nursing

Bio

Karen Howell is the director of the University of Southern California's Leavey Library, a high-tech undergraduate library which is open 24/7. Previously she was director of USC's Center for Scholarly Technology, where she worked with faculty in strategic planning and instructional technology development. She is always looking for innovative applications of technology to enhance people's ability to access information and improve learning.

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Leavey Library Podcasting Studio Pilot Program