FGI Podcast

FGI Podcast 3 - Sunlight Foundation, LOCKSS, Bats & Broadband

admin@freegovinfo.info (Free Government Information) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:36:56 +0000

FGI Podcast #3 is now available. Our 45 minute show included the following segments:

Sunlight Foundation Interview
Sunlight Foundation
Open House Project

Scott Matheson's LOCKSS presentation
Spring 2007 Depository Library Council Proceedings
Scott's LOCKSS Slides

Podcast Sampler
Ohio Outdoor Notebook Radio Spots - Ohio's Little Brown Bats (July 12, 2007)

Music
Outro - Broadband Connection downloaded from the Internet Archive's Open Source Audio collection and created by Sinister Dexter. Used under Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.

Our theme music and bumpers came from Set Me Free by DJ Topshelf and downloaded from Podsafe Audio.

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- Make a comment on the show blog at http://freegovinfo.info/blog/154
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We'd love to have some listener feedback to make our show better and to have more content. So if you like, love or hate anything about our podcast, do let us know.

FGI Podcast #2 - FGI Roundtable, LOCKSS, Profile America, Scary Guy

admin@freegovinfo.info (Free Government Information) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:46:38 +0000

Show notes for FGI podcast #2

Note: We still have things to learn about podcasting. This time it is audio leveling. The sound does go up and down a bit but hopefully won't be too distracting. If you have tips about equalizing volume levels in Audacity, please send them our way in one of the comment options listed below:
Today's 40 minute show had the following segments:

FGI Roundtable - Jim A Jacobs, James R. Jacobs, Shinjoung Yeo and Daniel Cornwall discuss what led them to work with Free Government Information and what we see as the big issues facing the government information community.
Elizabeth Cowell discusses the GPO LOCKSS pilot project at the Spring 2007 Depository Library Conference.
Podcast Sampler - we take a quick listen to Profile America, a podcast from the US Census bureau intended to be played by broadcasters. Check out other government podcasts.
Outro music - Scary Guy by Maria Daines used by permission. According to the story behind the song, this song was inspired by the global Scary Guy project.

FGI SLA 2007 Promo

admin@freegovinfo.info (Free Government Information) — Wed, 30 May 2007 04:35:10 +0000

In response to a request made on bibliocasting-L, we recorded a three minute promo for the FGI podcast. I explain how we create the podcast and what we hope to do with it.

Show Notes:

I mentioned the following in our podcast:

Music

Our theme music came from Set Me Free by DJ Topshelf and downloaded from Podsafe Audio.
The background music was "Hobbit & Lord of the Rings" by the Brobdingnagian Bards

A lot of information packed into a small space, so please consider listening. And stay tuned for our June podcast.

FGI Podcast #1 - May 15, 2007

admin@freegovinfo.info (Free Government Information) — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:49:03 +0000

The very first episode of the FGI Podcast, the official podcast of Free Government Information is now available.

Show Notes:

Segment 1: What is Free Government Information

Segment Links

Segment 2: Government Information in the News

Segment Links

Segment 3: Government Podcast Sample - This Week at NASA

Segment 4: Outro music - Rise by The Rev. Din from the Internet Archive Open Source Audio Collection

Theme music and segment bumpers from Set Me Free by DJ TopShelf and downloaded from PodSafe Audio.