Survey of Academic Library Leadership 2025, Policy on Podcasts

The study is based on interviews with 51 academic library directors and other upper management officials in college and academic libraries, predominantly in the United States. The report looks at collection and metadata efforts in podcast content, use of such content in course reserves, as well as policies about archiving of faculty podcasts, and library production of its own podcasts.

The study provides readers with a detailed overview of how academic libraries are addressing the emerging field of podcast content, detailing both collection and archiving efforts for podcasts produced by one's own faculty or library, as well as those found online. Data is presented in the aggregate and also broken out by size and type of college, for public and private institutions, by tuition level and by personal characteristics of the survey respondents.

Just a few of this 41 page report’s many findings are that:

12.5% of doctoral institution academic libraries have a policy or formal effort to archive faculty podcasts in an institutional repository or other archive.
Men are more likely than women to create podcasts.
Efforts to provide metadata and finding aids for podcasts still considerably lag those of other digital resources.
All users of automated metadata extraction tools for podcasts were under the age of 50 and predominantly female.

THE QUESTIONNAIRE

Characteristics of the sample

PARTICIPANT LIST

SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS

Percentage of Libraries with Formal Efforts to Archive Faculty Podcasts
Extent of Library Efforts to Archive and Catalog Podcasts
Comparison of Efforts to Integrate Podcasts with Efforts to Integrate Print Resources into Library Discovery Tools
Policies on Providing Print Transcripts Along with Audio for Podcasts
Use of Automated Metadata Extraction Tools for Podcasts
Use of Podcasts in Course Reserves

Library Production of Podcasts

Table 1.1 Does the library have a policy or formal effort to archive faculty podcasts in an institutional repository or other archive?
Table 1.2 Does the library have a policy or formal effort to archive faculty podcasts in an institutional repository or other archive? Broken out by tuition
Table 1.3 Does the library have a policy or formal effort to archive faculty podcasts in an institutional repository or other archive? Broken out by enrollment
Table 1.4 Does the library have a policy or formal effort to archive faculty podcasts in an institutional repository or other archive? Broken out by public or private college
Table 1.5 Does the library have a policy or formal effort to archive faculty podcasts in an institutional repository or other archive? Broken out by college type or Carnegie class
Table 1.6 Does the library have a policy or formal effort to archive faculty podcasts in an institutional repository or other archive? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.7 Does the library have a policy or formal effort to archive faculty podcasts in an institutional repository or other archive? Broken out by gender of respondent
If so, briefly describe this effort to archive faculty podcasts, giving data, if possible, on the size of the archive, its level of use, user base, and future plans.
Table 2.1 In your view how extensive are the efforts taken by subject librarians and content curators at your library to find, archive and provide metadata for podcasts from all sources that may advance scholarship or education at your institution?
Table 2.2 In your view how extensive are the efforts taken by subject librarians and content curators at your library to find, archive and provide metadata for podcasts from all sources that may advance scholarship or education at your institution? Broken out by tuition
Table 2.3 In your view how extensive are the efforts taken by subject librarians and content curators at your library to find, archive and provide metadata for podcasts from all sources that may advance scholarship or education at your institution? Broken out by enrollment
Table 2.4 In your view how extensive are the efforts taken by subject librarians and content curators at your library to find, archive and provide metadata for podcasts from all sources that may advance scholarship or education at your institution? Broken out by public or private college
Table 2.5 In your view how extensive are the efforts taken by subject librarians and content curators at your library to find, archive and provide metadata for podcasts from all sources that may advance scholarship or education at your institution? Broken out by college type or Carnegie class
Table 2.6 In your view how extensive are the efforts taken by subject librarians and content curators at your library to find, archive and provide metadata for podcasts from all sources that may advance scholarship or education at your institution? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.7 In your view how extensive are the efforts taken by subject librarians and content curators at your library to find, archive and provide metadata for podcasts from all sources that may advance scholarship or education at your institution? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.1 Compared to print resources how integrated into library discovery tools are podcasts?
Table 3.2 Compared to print resources how integrated into library discovery tools are podcasts? Broken out by tuition
Table 3.3 Compared to print resources how integrated into library discovery tools are podcasts? Broken out by enrollment
Table 3.4 Compared to print resources how integrated into library discovery tools are podcasts? Broken out by public or private college
Table 3.5 Compared to print resources how integrated into library discovery tools are podcasts? Broken out by college type or Carnegie class
Table 3.6 Compared to print resources how integrated into library discovery tools are podcasts? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.7 Compared to print resources how integrated into library discovery tools are podcasts? Broken out by gender of respondent
What are some of the academic or administrative fields in which podcasts have had the greatest impact as content vehicles?
Table 4.1 For the podcasts that the library archives how often does the library also provide print transcripts?
Table 4.2 For the podcasts that the library archives. how often does the library also provide print transcripts? Broken out by tuition
Table 4.3 For the podcasts that the library archives. how often does the library also provide print transcripts? Broken out by enrollment
Table 4.4 For the podcasts that the library archives. how often does the library also provide print transcripts? Broken out by public or private college
Table 4.5 For the podcasts that the library archives. how often does the library also provide print transcripts? Broken out by college type or Carnegie class
Table 4.6 For the podcasts that the library archives. how often does the library also provide print transcripts? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 4.7 For the podcasts that the library archives how often does the library also provide print transcripts? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 5.1 Does the library use automated data extraction tools on podcasts to create more detailed metadata?
Table 5.2 Does the library use automated data extraction tools on podcasts to create more detailed metadata? Broken out by tuition
Table 5.3 Does the library use automated data extraction tools on podcasts to create more detailed metadata? Broken out by enrollment
Table 5.4 Does the library use automated data extraction tools on podcasts to create more detailed metadata? Broken out by public or private college
Table 5.5 Does the library use automated data extraction tools on podcasts to create more detailed metadata? Broken out by college type or Carnegie class
Table 5.6 Does the library use automated data extraction tools on podcasts to create more detailed metadata? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 5.7 Does the library use automated data extraction tools on podcasts to create more detailed metadata? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 6.1: About how extensive would you say the use of faculty podcasts is in course reserves and for other general educational purposes?
Table 6.2 About how extensive would you say the use of faculty podcasts is in course reserves and for other general educational purposes? Broken out by tuition
Table 6.3 About how extensive would you say the use of faculty podcasts is in course reserves and for other general educational purposes? Broken out by enrollment
Table 6.4 About how extensive would you say the use of faculty podcasts is in course reserves and for other general educational purposes? Broken out by public or private college
Table 6.5 About how extensive would you say the use of faculty podcasts is in course reserves and for other general educational purposes? Broken out by college type or Carnegie class
Table 6.6 About how extensive would you say the use of faculty podcasts in course reserves and for other general educational purposes? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 6.7 About how extensive would you say the use of faculty podcasts is in course reserves and for other general educational purposes? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 7.1 Does the library produce its own podcasts on library oriented subjects?
Table 7.2 Does the library produce its own podcasts on library oriented subjects? Broken out by tuition
Table 7.3 Does the library produce its own podcasts on library oriented subjects? Broken out by enrollment
Table 7.4 Does the library produce its own podcasts on library oriented subjects? Broken out by public or private college
Table 7.5 Does the library produce its own podcasts on library oriented subjects? Broken out by college type or Carnegie class
Table 7.6 Does the library produce its own podcasts on library oriented subjects? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 7.7 Does the library produce its own podcasts on library oriented subjects? Broken out by gender of the respondent

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