Podcasting PA Libraries: The PALS Podcasting Project

Authors

  • Mina Edmondson Martin Library, York, PA
  • Brian Fulton Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA
  • Mary Garm Lackawanna County Library System
  • Jill Hallam-Miller Bucknell University
  • Natalie Kulick Penn State Worthington Scranton library, Dunmore, PA
  • Melissa Rowse Degenstein Community Library, Sunbury, PA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/palrap.2017.164

Abstract

In 2016, a Pennsylvania Library Association Leadership Academy group, with the guidance of their mentors, was assigned to develop a podcast program featuring outstanding Pennsylvania librarians. The group of geographically dispersed librarians, representing different types of libraries, worked together to overcome their limited knowledge of podcasting. In the first few months after receiving the assignment, the team developed a method for identifying interviewees, employed freely available technology to record, edit, and host the podcast, and promoted the final podcast product, PaLAunchPod on February 1, 2017. With 6 full episodes (including a two-part episode) completed, the original podcast team entrusted its work to a new group of Leadership Academy program librarians.

Author Biographies

Mina Edmondson, Martin Library, York, PA

Director at Martin Library, York, PA

Brian Fulton, Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA

Library Manager at The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA

Mary Garm, Lackawanna County Library System

Administrator Lackawanna County Library System

Jill Hallam-Miller, Bucknell University

Jill Hallam-Miller is the Blended Learning Librarian at Bucknell University.

Natalie Kulick, Penn State Worthington Scranton library, Dunmore, PA

Information Resources and Services Support Specialist, Penn State Worthington Scranton library, Dunmore, PA

Melissa Rowse, Degenstein Community Library, Sunbury, PA

Library Director at Degenstein Community Library, Sunbury, PA

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Published

2017-10-31

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