Thursday, December 20, 2007

#20 Discover YouTube and other video sharing sites

I explored YouTube for this exercise. I tried looking for music videos but there are way too many to deal with. I did find a video of the recent Led Zepplin reunion concert that someone apparently shot with a cell phone camera. The lighting was terrible, but the magic was still there in the video despite its poor quality.

One thing that I do not like about YouTube is the tone of the Comments and Responses section. It's one thing when someone make a valid comment or even a mild joke or two. Too often it appears some immature types think it is cool to make a profanity laden comment that has nothing to do with the video, or is insulting an immature contributor who posted earlier.

I think embedding videos into the library website would really add something to it. For example, a video explaining how to use Aquabrowser, or how to search a database, or how to reserve a book online. There are many training possibilities.

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