Podcasts - LS 5013-20 Competency #3

After viewing a plethora of podcasts, or at least attempting to view them, I have found one both from a public library and about anime. This podcast is posted on the Cheshire Public Library's website and is published by teens. Here is the website and description of their site:

http://www.cheshirelib.org/teens/cplpodcast.htm

The Cheshire Public Library Podcast

is a teen-driven cultural magazine

featuring teen writers, musicians, reviewers, commentators, and more.

These podcasts may contain comments about anime books interspersed with regular book reviews and author interviews. There is also an anime club on the same library website, yet there are no podcasts posted here.

It was difficult to find podcasts created around teen anime in public libraries. Many of the podcasts I had found were either abandoned a few years before or not focused on teen anime.

I did end up finding one other site with podcasts focused on anime that is not adult based. It is called NC Rowan County Anime Group. One man is reviewing mangas/animes and suggesting what ages they would be appropriate for. Here's that website:

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=254958191371&share_id=106164419433214&comments=1#s106164419433214

This library links their podcasts through their Facebook account. Very tech savvy.

In searching for podcasts on my library type and topic, I was disheartened to only find podcasts based out of the east and none in the west. I'm not sure what this says about the west's libraries, but this has given me the impetus to search for more west coast based public library podcasts in general.

The search engines I used to locate these podcasts were both Google, where I searched for public library AND anime podcasts, and podcastalley.com, a site I used from our teaching assistant's blog he had posted on our discussion board. Truthfully, I found Google more helpful and focused than podcast alley. The search engine was also faster and more reliable.

On a side note, my view of podcasts is one of videos or audios, or both, with comments by interested parties on the topic of choice. I'm going to attempt to link one to my blog. Wish me luck!

My topic area of interest

I've only recently come to realize I have not been specific in my topic area of interest in public libraries. My decision has been to pursue researching Mangas/Graphic Novels and young adult/teen interest in these novels. I've found another blog I'd like to post:

http://littleteenlibrarian.blogspot.com

The Little Teen Librarian posts reviews and discussions about graphic novels, adding summaries, thoughts as to what age young adult would enjoy it and other tidbits of information. Here's a quick view of a review of Pride of Baghdad:

"Thoughts: Pride of Baghdad is based on the true story of lions in Iraq who are freed after bombings. Unfortunately, I do not know the extent of their freedom except what is on the back of the book. The lions converse about varying aspects of human society, creating a commentary about society’s good and bad sides as well as its morals. One scene in particular that stands out is the discussion about eating an already dead human. They each present a reason why or why not, and one lion’s view is changed because of this. The dialog between the lions often leaves the reader forgetting they are lions but the beautifully done art work will show that they are obviously lions. Colors are used in the illustrations to evoke peace, destruction, and fear as needed in the various scenes. Be prepared though, for a heart wrenching ending that will make sensitive readers cry.
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Will Teens Like It? Probably high school teens.
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Things to be aware of: sex, blood, violence"

A short, concise representation of a librarian's view of a graphic novel, opinions included. I see this as a helpful tool when researching which mangas would be appropriate for certain age groups.

My first task - LS 5013-20 Competency #2

My first assignment in my present Information Storage and Retrieval Systems course is to locate a blog that is related to my library topic: public libraries. Here's one I found with a marvelous title:


Meant to be a Heroine
http://hugjulia1848.livejournal.com/46860.html

This is a small quote from one of her posts which I found entertaining and reflective:

"Thirdly, [yes, I realize my sequence isn't grammatically sequential] I think I just have too much academic librarian in me. I've been toying with the idea lately of public librarianship. I've never had any experience in a public library aside from being a patron. But I thought, hey, it could be fun. Yeah, well, maybe not so much. There are too many things I'm not used to at this moment, too many ways they are run differently from my dear old stomping grounds of academia. I'm not saying I couldn't learn..... I'm saying I'm not so sure I want to get into that full-fledged. The mentality is completely different....... and I'm not sure that's my mentality. I also realize that in my perfect little daydreams, I'm a public librarian in a small-town library, where there are only a few of us, and I pretty much run the show. Yup. Band mom 2.0 at it's best. =]"

Thank you, Meant to be a Heroine, for your insights.

My librarian adventure! - LS 5013-20 Competency #1

I am on my way to blog discovery through my first and only blog! My focus here will be on public libraries, specifically the children and young adult sections.

My first post!

I have begun my plunge into blogging with minimum knowledge as to how this all works. My focus will be on public libraries, specifically the children and young adult sections of libraries.