Friday, September 4, 2009

#10 You Tube

You Tube is a fantastic idea. Anyone can now be a video star.


When I was looking for content for the PANDORA collection, I found You Tube to be an incredible source of personal accounts. Likewise, I found some pretty interesting material when looking for content relating to the local government elections.


Now I must put on my licensing hat and warn that a lot of material on You Tube is breaking copyright. Some bands are taking advantage of You Tube and are putting music videos online. I'm wondering if we'll see an increase in You Tube being used to officially promote music and entertainment. You Tube is also a huge bandwith hog.

I think You Tube and similar video sharing sites can be a good way to share training materials. Some people are visual learners. You Tube can also be used to run promotions of what's on at the library, or broadcast speeches and presentations to a wider audience. The Colac Library has used You Tube to protest library changes:

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