It is amazing to know that YouTube did not exist until about 5 years ago and today it is considered to be the best site for uploading and sharing all types of video. This phenomena was reported in the New York Times when it did a story on a 9-year old boy who used YouTube as a search engine to do his research projects; it make you wonder if this will be the way an academic version of YouTube will be used in schools. YouTube EDU has surely open the door for this particular type of use.
YouTube can be played directly from a web browser and so it accessible from any computer. Since the size of a video must be less than 10 minutes you can watch "shorts" on any topic for as much time as you want to put into it. One of the most interesting use of video was What's Happening" by the Allen County, IN Public Library. A daily "short" was given to let the public know what was on the agenda for different branches of the library on a particular date: programs, event and special announcements ~ very cool.
Some of the videos were done in an entertaining format to highlight the duties and responsibilities of librarians and some were done poking fun at the attitudes of some librarians. All of them were pure entertainment. You can search for any topic under the sun and find something on YouTube about it.
One of the primarly use of this site is to share videos with others. Whether it is friends, family, co-workers or countless others, everyone can "tune-in" to view what any individual chooses to show. Tonight I was able to see a 1973 eight mm film taken of my family in Yellowstone National Park - Charlie had hair; can you believe it! I had forgotten that the video was even taken ~ what a surprise. Thanks, YouTube!
Somethings I would love to view on YouTube: I would love to see FPL have a "short" for the Lone Star Festival this year. We could do a composite of the Adult Service programs for 2011 and link it to our web site. "Shorts" on computer classes, how-to "shorts," and "shorts" on any thing that we would like to highlight at the library.
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