Anna Raunik from the Queensland State Library gave an interesting overview of webcasting in libaries and allied organisations.
- Library of Congress has over 700 webcasts featuring its collections and its staff
- Local government in the UK has a requirement to commence webcasts of public/council meetings in the near future. Some have already commenced using a hosted service - public-i.
- QSL is interested in webcasting and webconferencing for communicating and supporting public libraries and possible their clients. Queensland is a very large state with very remote communities so the state library is looking for ways to overcome these obstacles in delivery of equitable service to the population.
- Natural History Museum in the UK is the only site Anna visited that had costed the production of their webcasts - Around 700 pounds each!
The paper has a lot more detail than Anna covered in her presentation.
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