to make music and artists relevant to a wide audience
"We are not the first to make podcasts in the world, but it is rarely seen in the libraries' music area. We think that people in a broad sense can get a good opening to an artist or genre, they may not know as well.
Put simply, a podcast about Jan Johansson enable you to converse at a dinner table with jazz enthusiasts. It has a length, for example, are well suited to the morning queue on the approach roads into the work on the smart phone or tablet, "says librarian Ulla Hoberg Lyhne.
The current podcasts are being released under the name of Language and are made based on the themes of the popular listening clubs like Roskilde Libraries regularly hold.
The first podcasts from Roskilde Libraries expresses span: Jan Johansson, PJ Harvey, Prince, Trip Hop and The Marriage of Figaro = one jazzman, two popular rock artists, a profiled genre and an opera.
They are made in single-brand compact 2-minute versions or full approximately 15-minute ditto.
"As a library we are dedicated to disclose information, knowledge and cultural activity. With the new podcasts we work with curated content and user future media technology opportunities to get acquainted with the citizens", says Ulla Hoberg Lyhne.
These listening clubs is a very direct form of exchange of pleasure and knowledge of the music and the artists in a curated jointly at the library. Soundtrack-podcasts bring the substance from there on out in the digital community.
The library in Roskilde is in progress with several other music inspired initiatives under the title Music X, which makes much of the community and involve users in workshops and other activities.
The podcast project in Roskilde is supported by the Palaces and Culture Authority's development pool for public libraries and educational learning centers. And there are more to come where they come from.
