LISPodcasts.com

Kenton County Public Library produces a series of video clips for the local public access station called Off the Shelf. For us syndication fans, they have made this series available as a video podcast, RSS feed and all.*

* At the time of writing this post, there seems to be some issues with their website, so I can't confirm that everything with the feed is working as it's supposed to be.

Michelle McLean invites you over to Connecting Librarian for the Carnival of the Infosciences #48. Good stuff. I recommend checking out the GrrlScientist post on the Archimedes Palimpsest.

Next week, the Carnival is scheduled to be hosted by Connie Crosby. There's no intro post on her blog as of yet, so if you want to send submissions to me via the contact form, that'd be just fine.

It looks like the whole "independent librarian podcasting" thing is finally starting to take off. Last week, we had the introduction of Marv's LibVibe news program. Now, courtesy of Sarah Houghton, we have news of another foray into librarian-friendly audio content namely Library Geeks featuring Daniel Chudnov. In the first episode, Mr. Chudnov speaks with Ross Singer about OpenURL. Looking forward to checking this out.

Thanks to Woody over a ISHUSH for hosting the Carnival of the Infosciences #47. Pretty light on submissions again. Any suggestions on what we might do to encourage participation?

Next week, the Carnival heads down under again, this time visiting the home of the Connecting Librarian. Send submissions (please?) to tango@michevan.id.au.

Marv of the Mr. Nice Guy Show has a new library news podcast called LibVibe. Much like his other program, the format is short, briskly-paced news reports. Here's a link to the feed.

Thanks to Eric Schnell for hosting Carnival of the Infosciences #46 over at The Medium is the Message. It was originally listed as #47, but again, we skipped 4th of July, so everyone who was scheduled dropped down one.

I'm disappointed that the Public Libraries coverage of the Carnival hasn't resulted in more submissions, but we plod onward nevertheless. Next up is Woody Evans over at ISHUSH. No intro post yet, so why not take advantage of the handy Blog Carnival submission form.

Bill Drew invites you over to Baby Boomer Librarian to take in the Carnival of the Infosciences #45. Thanks to Bill for his hosting efforts.

Next week, we welcome another new host as Eric Schnell of The Medium is the Message takes the helm. Please send your posts to eric.schnell [at] gmail.com with the word "Carnival" in the subject line.

As usual, I'm in need of hosting volunteers. I was looking at the upcoming schedule for the Carnival of Personal Finance, one of my favorites. Hosting is booked into March of next year. We're good for, well, another four weeks. Here are some guidelines for hosting, in case you're curious.

Head on over to InfoTangle and check out Carnival of the Infosciences #44. Thanks to Ellyssa for hosting.

Note that at the time of this entry, Ellyssa's post says #45. This is plainly my fault as I forgot to change the Carnival numbering to account for the skipped week.

Anyway, next week's Carnival, the real #45 (and propagating my error by claiming to be #46), will be hosted by Bill Drew over at Baby Boomer Librarian. Send submissions to drewwe@morrisville.edu.

Some interesting things to share:

Steven reports on Westerville Public Library's new castr service, billed as a "podcast delivery system." The current content consists of three videos, all available via the handy podcast feed.

ResourceShelf reports that AOL has finally launched their AOL Search Podcast Beta, using the same technology that powers Podscope.

iTunes has changed their podcast categories, so if you have submitted a podcast to their directory, you may want to look into this. Jason Van Orden tells more about the changes.

Thanks to a screenshot courtesy of Michael Stephens, I see that LISRadio is now available via RSS. At long last!

And don't forget to check out the California Library Association's too cute Summer Reading Pawedcasts (with according feed).

Well, rather than celebrate freedom for a single day, I've been shooting for longer-term independence...from my computer. And wouldn't you know it, it's working. More time for my son, my wife, my sleep cycles, my reading habits, exercise (not nearly enough, but some is more than none). On the flip-side, less time for feeds, podcasts (although the commute provides ample time for that, I'm trying to mix in more music with my relentless "content consumption") and blogging.

Some time ago, I wrote about trying to reduce the number of subscribed feeds in my Bloglines login. It was at 220+ when I wrote that and I got it as low as 160. I am experiencing a bit of what I will call "feed creep" as that number has quietly climbed back to 174, largely due to my recent interest in Second Life.

Second Life was actually a big part of my need for independence. I found it totally consuming and I struggled to find balance between my so-called "first life" and this highly immersive and engaging environment. Initially unable to do so, I fled. And now I am hesitant to return, greatly enjoying my new-found freedom.

But while I battle my computing demons, the Carnival rolls on. Anali has Carnival of the Infosciences #43 waiting for you over at Grumpator. We took a break this week, but next week, the Carnival travels for the first time to InfoTangle. Ellyssa would love to get your submissions for next week by this Sunday at 6 PM. Send them to ellyssakroski (at) yahoo.com. Since there was no Carnival this week, consider the past two weeks open for consideration.

By the way, did anyone notice the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries magazine for May/June? Many thanks to Mr. Cohen for drawing some much-needed attention to our little traveling show.

I now return you to the silence.