Library Cataloging
Recently I've been listening to podcasts on my commute. Some are better than others, but that is to be expected, that happens in all genres. However, a very common problem is the lack of the MP3 tag information. Or even worse, the wrong information in the tags. I've seen quite a few of these talks given the genre tag of blues. Titles are missing, so when I download them to my player they disappear. Almost none have creator information. The comments field is most often empty but sometimes filled with a meaningless string of numbers. It would be nice to have the URL of the archive there. The sad thing is that most of these are from librarians, granted not many are catalogers but still.If you want you efforts to sort and play properly on my player enter the creator, year, genre, and title. If you would like folks to find the archive of your work consider adding the URL to the comment field. A free tool like MP3tag will be enough if you are only doing your own podcasts.
MP3
Metadata
- Podcasts
A nice tool for those listening to lots of podcasts or creating them is mpTrim. It fixes lots of errors, adjusts the volume and cuts off silence from the start and end of the file, thus making it a bit leaner. Free for a basic version. For longer podcasts...
- Ipod
I sent this idea off to the Next Generation Catalog list but decided to post it here are well. Why not take a look at MP3 players for ideas on access to content? I've got about 3000 songs and podcasts on my player. I can get to the specific item by...
- Njla Podcasts
The New Jersey Library Association had a podcasting station at their recent conference. Nice idea. However, they should have paid more attention to the MP3 ID tags. Where were all the catalogers? They had the speakers name as the title and that was it....
- Mp3 And My Commute
On my commute, until recently, I've always listened to the radio, or played some tapes or CDs. Now I find I almost never listen to the radio, Pacifica and NPR are things of the past. I've been listening to material on my MP3 player. I listen to...
- Smoking The Podcasting Dope, A Little Bit
This week I got an FM transmitter for my car. Now I can listen to my MP3 player as I drive and have started listening to podcasts. Greg Schwartz of Open Stacks has been making my commute time less tedious. He has a good speaking voice and interesting...
Library Cataloging
MP3 Metadata
Recently I've been listening to podcasts on my commute. Some are better than others, but that is to be expected, that happens in all genres. However, a very common problem is the lack of the MP3 tag information. Or even worse, the wrong information in the tags. I've seen quite a few of these talks given the genre tag of blues. Titles are missing, so when I download them to my player they disappear. Almost none have creator information. The comments field is most often empty but sometimes filled with a meaningless string of numbers. It would be nice to have the URL of the archive there. The sad thing is that most of these are from librarians, granted not many are catalogers but still.If you want you efforts to sort and play properly on my player enter the creator, year, genre, and title. If you would like folks to find the archive of your work consider adding the URL to the comment field. A free tool like MP3tag will be enough if you are only doing your own podcasts.
MP3
Metadata
- Podcasts
A nice tool for those listening to lots of podcasts or creating them is mpTrim. It fixes lots of errors, adjusts the volume and cuts off silence from the start and end of the file, thus making it a bit leaner. Free for a basic version. For longer podcasts...
- Ipod
I sent this idea off to the Next Generation Catalog list but decided to post it here are well. Why not take a look at MP3 players for ideas on access to content? I've got about 3000 songs and podcasts on my player. I can get to the specific item by...
- Njla Podcasts
The New Jersey Library Association had a podcasting station at their recent conference. Nice idea. However, they should have paid more attention to the MP3 ID tags. Where were all the catalogers? They had the speakers name as the title and that was it....
- Mp3 And My Commute
On my commute, until recently, I've always listened to the radio, or played some tapes or CDs. Now I find I almost never listen to the radio, Pacifica and NPR are things of the past. I've been listening to material on my MP3 player. I listen to...
- Smoking The Podcasting Dope, A Little Bit
This week I got an FM transmitter for my car. Now I can listen to my MP3 player as I drive and have started listening to podcasts. Greg Schwartz of Open Stacks has been making my commute time less tedious. He has a good speaking voice and interesting...