To fulfill this competency, I used Everyzing to search for podcasts and found the podcast of a Sirsi Dynix Institute class called "Engaging Youth on Their Own Terms: Instant Messaging and Gaming in Libraries."
I found Everyzing to be very helpful and easy to use. When it retrieves the podcast, Everyzing labels the points where your search terms appear so you can start listening at those points. On the right side of the screen it provides a transcript of those points of the podcast so that you can read to see how your search terms are used.
The podcast itself was intriguing - especially the idea of providing reference services over instant messaging. According to the presentation, the casual atmosphere of IM and the ability to add the library to your IM "buddy list" means that virtual reference over IM gives youth a real feeling of connection to the library. I would love to try this myself!
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