MLA Web 2.0 class participants became familiar with podcasting directory sites such as podcast.net and Podcast Alley. Then we viewed some podcasts on health science library web sites, and created an Odea account, searching for results on healthcare and other topics of interest.
Finally we searched YouTube for examples of how libraries use YouTube as a web 2.0 tool.
Weill Cornell Medical Library, for example, created several videos on YouTube for different purposes. I thought this was very interesting and creative.
For instance, their "New Hold Service 2" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUmfI4cqtPs introduces students and faculty to a new service of the library.
A second video " Party Invite" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEEbdPGsjrE, created by Weill Cornell Medical Library, is a very funny party invitation for library staff and the medical college community.
The third video " Stat! Ref " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Omc2yMIbw posted on YouTube by this library is used to promote the database to its library users.
Another clever video is called "multitasker" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbdGGtRez44 , which is directed toward medical students, who may need assistance finding resources, creating citations, etc, and reminding them to ask library staff.
Here's the "Faculty of 1000 Promotion" video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hst7n6p9iKA and the National Medical Librarian Month video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wib7bes4fSs.
To summarize: Podcasting can be used as a tool by libraries to publicize events, to send invitations to others in the organization; to disseminate news about the library and parent organization ; to advertise new library services and acquisitions such as new databases and other reources; to remind library users how and who to ask for assistance; to teach library users new information by creating podcasts of tutorials, lectures, presentations, technical surgical techniques and much more.
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