Laura Rooney Ferris takes us through podcasts in general and describing the huge market they have. From there she showcase her own podcasts Librarians Aloud, and the content she has produced on it.

2. Ahh ! Not another person who
wants me to listen to their
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9. Mollett, A., Brumley, C., Gilson, C & Williams, S. (2017) Communicating Your Research with Social Media: A Practical Guide to Using blogs, podcasts, data visualisations and
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14. ‘ I was looking around at the librarians & they were
all walking around & they just looked like they had
the best job ever & I was really envious of them ….so
decided to go back and become a librarian’ Mick O
Dwyer – Episode 2
‘…it wasn’t really a conscious thing to become a
librarian’ Siobhan Britton - Episode 9
‘…I have a non traditional library background’ Dr
Sandra Collins -Episode 12
‘There is no traditional route into librarianship’
Louise Farragher –Episode 11
Accidental Librarians
‘I asked my boss how I could make this a career’ Jan
Parry - Episode 6
‘when I was a kid I wanted to be an author, or a
private investigator…a detective’ Clare Murnane -
Episode 16

15. ‘that human connection that
makes librarians different
from other people …without
realising the impact’ Jane
Burns – Episode 1
‘I wanted to do something
that has meaning & value &
librarianship does’ Aoife
Lawton Episode 4
‘you learn a lot of
empathy…you get a lot of
tolerance for the variety of
human behaviour’ Scott
Bonner Episode 13
‘I just really like innovation
and change – and I like the
doors to be open to that’
Marie O’Neill Episode 5

16. Sample trailer at
https://soundcloud.com/librariansaloud/librarians-aloud-trailer/reposts

17. THANKS!
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