Friday, October 19, 2007

Thing 20 - YouTube, ITube, TheyTube, we all Tube

How much fun is YouTube? Way more fun than I can describe.
How much of a timesink is YouTube? About the biggest one out there - seriously.

Are there any potential library applications for YouTube? Absolutely - we could do 'commercials' for upcoming programs and services, library tours, "Storytime on YourTime" programming (wherein our children's librarian could read a story that parents could download for their kids to watch at home (or where-ever), how-to vids on accessing your library account or databases from home, ... Heck, if we wanted to, we could upload whole programs onto YouTube for on-demand versions... where does it end? I don't know, but it looks like it'll be an interesting trip.

Want to see my favorite (at the moment) library-related YouTube videos?
"Librarian" - it's a music video and well... you just need to watch it.


Here's another one that I found today (I'd seen "Librarian" before, but this is a new discovery) - this was created for the St. Joseph County Library system's Staff Day - even if you haven't seen the Madonna video this is based on, I think you'll still enjoy it - and make sure you watch the credits roll - there are some very funny outtakes...

1 comment:

EllieW said...

this was a great video. i've had days like that.