Podcasting

I don't know that I quite get the whole podcasting thing. It doesn't really appeal to me b/c I would much rather read than listen. Unless it's an audio book and I am driving. I subscribed to Book Voyages on my Bloglines which is a school library media specialist podcast that reviews books for school age children.
The coolest thing that I found while browsing the podcasting sites was library systems that used podcasting to read books and then the children could down load them and listen to them. That to me is cool! I think that patrons may enjoy that.

Audio books

I like the fact that we offer audio books as an option to our patrons it adds another level to the service that we provide. The only problem that I have with overdrive and netlibrary is that they are not compatible with iPods. I understand that Apple wants to hold the market with their iPods and not sell the software to everyone but it would help us reach more patrons if we had a service that worked with iPods.
I don't really like overdrive and I think that some patrons don't fully understand why they have to be on a wait list for an audio file even after explaining the situation to them. I do tend to use NetLibrary more.