Podcasting -- Thing 20

Podcasting, and vodcasting, are widely available and are often the "means of choice" for sharing information and training workshops. For this "thing", I tried three different audios. I listened to a portion of a book at nancykeane.com. This was very high quality, by a professional reader. I also listened to a podcast from the Denver Public Library. I would rate it as middle of the road: it would have benefited from a more animated vocal. Without a visual component, the vocal becomes extremely important. The sound was clear (without any background noise). Lastly I tried the teen poetry contest from the Woodcrest branch of Los Angeles Public Library. Again the sound was clear. Because these are amateurs, the quality varies with each person, but the enthusiasm was obvious. Maybe there is an opportunity for our library to podcast the youth poetry and/or storytelling auditions.