The sound of a librarian: The politics potential of podcasting in difficult times

Tara Michelle Brabazon

doi:10.1016/B978-1-84334-695-1.50009-1

The sound of a librarian: The politics potential of podcasting in difficult times

Tara Michelle Brabazon

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Abstract

Quite unexpectedly, the Information Age has not provided a golden era for librarians. The de-skilling of information literacy and a decline in public funding has resulted in librarians fighting for their professionalism, knowledge and ability, as much as for their jobs. This chapter explores how libraries and librarians are using podcasts not only to fulfil an outreach function to build a community of users, but to demonstrate the value of an information professional in an age of excessive information.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Dialogues and Community 2.0
Subtitle of host publication	After Avatars, Trolls and Puppets
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	137-162
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Print)	9781843346951
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-84334-695-1.50009-1
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Information literacy
Information management
IPod
Librarianship
Podcasting

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