pod people unite

Once I found my way through the links, it was really cool to see so many podcasts available. I found that they weren't as useful as I thought, the titles were misleading to me. After a few minutes of listening to two that seemed library related I gave up and moved on. It was podcast alley that I spent the most time at. I have a visual memory, so in order to absorb an audio cast, I have to close my eyes, but then I get sleepy. They seemed to me to be pretty self-promoting, but I will have to look again for more serious podcasts on library matters.

So, this is pretty neat. The thing is when I would need a podcast the most, it would be when the computer isn't working. I would like someone to talk me through working offline again for instance.

But, it may also be nice to walk me through other technical events, like using the microfilm machine or downloading audiobooks. Perhaps that could be a pre retirement project for our beloved township supervisor, making podcasts on how to use these things when she is not around to ask and gets tired of taking calls at home. ;)
Honestly though, it would be kind of neat to go to our library website and have a link to a short podcast telling you how to log in, figure out your pin number and the easiest ways to search. Following that, perhaps a video or even just audio tutorial on how to use download library for audiobooks, boolean search terms or Novelist plus. If I keep dreaming, it would be fun to hear the RWL collection librarian publish a podcast monthly on trends in purchasing, what is coming out soon and perhaps what is involved from the time a book is ordered until it comes into the first person on the holds list.
Though the word pod makes me think of sci fi movies of my childhood, it is really so easy to download one, I don't think it would scare people to have a link to one on our website.