News February 22, 2008 (mp3 file: 5 MB, 5:05 min.)Video Booktalk Kiosks; Display Ideas; "Turning Enemies into Allies"
At the top of the 'cast today: video booktalks.
A couple of weeks ago Michele Leininger sent a message out to the iread list with a link to an article in the October 2006 Library Media Connection. (If you subscribe to EBSCOhost you have access to the pdf full text of the article.) In "Creating a Video Booktalk Kiosk," Terence Cavanaugh describes how to set up a kiosk, using re-purposed computers, tot run video booktalks, enticing readers to check out and read the books in the booktalks. If you've done booktalks before, especially with children and teen audiences, you know that it's an effective way to interest those readers in the books you talk about. Cavanaugh writes specifically about using the kiosks in a school media center but it is certainly an idea for a public library, too--and not just for children and teens but adults as well. You set up a computer to run the booktalks in a loop (and you can set it up to do them in random order), and you can walk away and let the kiosk advertise books. Now, this doesn't mean that you don't still do all you usually to do promote books and help patrons in person, but it's another way to get that word out.
You don't need to purchase special software, and the article even includes websites that have existing video booktalks. It would be great to have you--or teens or kids--doing the video booktalks but if you don't have a video camera or want to give the kiosk a try first, check out some of the existing videos. And definitely read the article. (National Library Week and Teen Tech Week are coming up....hmmm.) We even have a couple of used computers languishing in our office, and we'd be happy to have them used in our member libraries for a good purpose such as these kiosks. Check out the article, give it some thought and then give it a try! --Karen
Links/Info from today's podcast:
- "Creating a video booktalk kiosk," by Terence W. Cavanaugh. Library Media Connection; October 2006, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p56-59.
- National Academy of American Poets
- SWILSA Current Announcements
Reviewed by Marcia today:
Turning enemies into allies (audiotape), by Pat Wagner. Pattern Research c1996
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