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Talis watchers will be well aware of the significant number of podcasts that my colleagues and I produce here at Talis.  Apart from the mainly library focused podcasts here on Panlibus, there are the more semantic web based ones on our sister blog Nodalities, education focused ones on the Project Xiphos Blog, and of course the Library 2.0 and Semantic Web gangs.

Keeping up with these streams of podcast output can be a bit of a challenge, so we have taken a few steps to make things easier.

Firstly, on Panlibus, Nodalities, and Xiphos we have created a ‘podcast’ category.   By selecting podcast in the category selector, you can view only podcast postings for that at blog.

Next we have implemented a feed aggregator which brings all the Talis podcasting output in to a single feed under the Talking with Talis brand.  The displayed version of this feed is not as elegant as each dedicated blog feed, but all the information is there and it is a great place to select the aggregated feed for your favourite RSS reader.

iTunes is tool that many use to track download and listen to podcasts.   The Talking with Talis iTunes feed has now been updated to include all of our podcasts.  If you don’t already have this free feed set up in your iTunes, click here to do it now.

Last but not least, you will have noticed the RSS feed widget at the top of this blog post.  This widget is freely available from SpringWidgets for you to add to your favourite environment such as Pageflakes, Facebook, Wordpress, iGoogle and many others including [after a small software download] your PC desktop.

I have set up these widgets for the following podcast feeds – to get one in your environment follow the link and the click the ‘Click Here to Get the Code!’ link.

• Panlibus podcasts
• Nodalities podcasts
• Project Xiphos podcasts
• The Library 2.0 Gang
• The Semantic Web Gang
• Talking with Talis – aggregated podcast feed

SpringWidgets have loads more in their Widget Gallery that have been created by their community, and I must give credit to one of their number, Minerva, who created the first Panlibus podcasts feed.

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Over on our Xiphos blog, I’ve just published a podcast conversation I had with Herbert van de Sompel earlier this week.

It’s a nice example of the synergies between issues discussed here on Panlibus and those we’re exploring within Project Xiphos. Have a listen, and see what you think.

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The next UK general election is probably only a couple of years away and there is a serious possibility that we could see a change of governing party. Against this background Ed Vaizey, Conservative MP for Wantage & Didcot and Shadow Minister for Culture is beginning to shape his thoughts and future policy with respect to libraries.

This podcast conversation, recorded in Ed Vaizey’s office in the Houses of Parliament, explores Ed’s thinking as to the way Government should influence library services provided by local authorities; is the MLA as an organisation the appropriate way to promote libraries at a national level; and even is the Department of Culture the right place for libraries to be represented.

With a guest appearance of Big Ben, chiming the hour, this is an interesting insight into the thoughts of a senior opposition politician on the future of libraries.

This conversation was recorded on Wednesday 10th July and edited on a Mac with Garageband.

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Attendees at tomorrow’s JISC Conference will get their first sight of our latest project, Project Xiphos (look in your Talis-branded bag if you’re at the event).

Project Xiphos represents an interesting fusion of much of our thinking over the past few years, from Library 2.0, to Open Data, to the Semantic Web, to an open and web-scale Platform upon which we and others can build compelling and cost-effective applications. All this, and more, comes together in Project Xiphos.

Here, we’re rethinking the ways in which people, resources and the connections between them can be put to work in delivering a compelling blueprint for next generation systems that extend across those silos we today call libraries, repositories, virtual learning environments (or course management systems) and more. By placing the individual at the heart of the system, and drawing upon their network of peers, resources, connections and leads we are able to unlock the potential locked up inside so many of our institutional systems.

Project Xiphos is just beginning. We welcome your engagement and your participation, whether in person on 10 June, via the new Project Xiphos blog, in email, or however you feel best able to share.

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