You Tube In The Library

YouTube in the Library SIL New Media Office Brown Bag Lunch Presentation July 11, 2008 Conrad Ziyad

What is YouTube?
YouTube is a video sharing site where users can upload, watch, and share clips with millions of other users
Users can tag videos with descriptive keywords
Over 100 million videos on YouTube, with roughly 65,000 videos added each day
Users can create video collections, called channels, grouped by creator
Free

YouTube & Library 2.0
YouTube is part of a new digital information culture called Web 2.0
Technological advances drive innovations in information delivery
Library as service
Library services shaped by user expectations (analogous to ATM impact on banking). From anywhere, anytime

YouTube & Library 2.0 (cont.)
YouTube combines all of the Web 2.0 elements in a single application: video, comments, sharing, linking, tagging, and embedding
Smithsonian Libraries YouTube Channel:
http://youtube.com/user/SmithsonianLibraries

How can YouTube aid Libraries?
Engage different types of learners (visual, auditory vs. narrative readers)
Increase accessibility for the physically challenged
Virtual demonstrations of library tools and facilities
Penn State University Library
Database Search
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tKvR0OC4nYc

How can YouTube aid Libraries? (cont.)
Method to actively “market” library services to the public
Oregon State University Libraries
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ff2t3KbZzyM
UCSD Libraries
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YkrYHfd1BMY
DePauw Univ. Libraries
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0GPKCNWspFU

Adding a Video to YouTube
Let’s add a short clip to the SIL YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/user/SmithsonianLibraries

Resources for Further Viewing
Building Academic Library 2.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= q_uOKFhoznI
Arlington Heights Memorial Library (IL) Technical Services http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6iRDOe4Bw4 (YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/LibVlog )
Bloomfield Public Library (NJ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVk1Dx-If5k
Fayette County Public Library (Fayette County, GA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Mvu_vhCbhHg
Millard Sheets Library at Otis College of Art and Design
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pS28qydjfsg

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