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December 27, 2005

library audio tours

A great post by Gail McGovern over on the clio institute blog highlights three academic libraries that are offering audio tours of their facilities as podcasts and/or MP3 files.  You know your users come into the library with their MP3 players, why not take advantage of that?  I especially like the idea of making the tour focus on information literacy, not just the building, by having students engage in research activities throughout the tour.  Are there any public libraries out there offering MP3 audio tours?

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