WEEK 10 PODCASTS

This is one of the few components in learning 2.0 that I had actually heard of previously even thought I had never accessed a podcast (but I have now been converted).





I listened and watched a number of the British Library pod casts which I found really interesting. What a way of opening up your collections to a much larger audience and possibly a world audience. I particularly liked Michelle Browns a former BL curator walking us through the pages (literally and figuratively) of the Holkhem Bible. I thought this could be a really good way of getting people who are experts in their field to speak about and explain particular items held in our collections. We can all appreciate the rare and unique items held but we probably only appreciate them from an aesthetic point of view however having someone provide an explanation or a journey through the item and provide a historical context would be so much more valuable. By combining an audio journey (pod cast) with a visual image provides a unique aspect on any given item in our collection.





In many ways access to the library is limited to the people of Sydney or people visiting Sydney, pod casts of talks on particular items held in the collections, pod casts of talks & events held in the library where appropriate) would once again open the library to a much wider audience both in New South Wales and beyond.