Podcasts

This competency was more difficult to complete than the others. I had trouble finding podcasts that really seemed suited to the topic I have chosen, rather than just reviews of children's books. After some unsuccessful searches on other engines, I did find one finally by searching for 'library' on iTunes: the official ALSC Blog Podcast, which can be found at http://childrenslibrarian.libsyn.com/. I particularly enjoyed Episode 4, which talked about Podcasting and how to use it with children's programming in the library. [Note: Be sure you have a program, such as Apple's QuickTime, that will play .mp4 files before you use the above link.]

It led me to a great resource at the ALSC Website with lots of resources for librarians trying to bring children into their libraries: Kids! @ your library. Although I am not working as a librarian yet, I was very excited to find this website and get an idea of what we can do to bring children into libraries more and more.

The Association for Library Service to Children is a wonderful organization and resource for youth librarians. Its podcast was very appropriate to my topic of engaging early readers in public libraries, because it provides ideas and strategies on how to do so.