Tuesday, March 18, 2008
"Funny Animal Antics"
After reading Pinky's blog on the YouTubes, I couldn't help myself. I originally found this on Cute Overload (thanks Project Play for showing that to me....I have lost hours of my life to that)
I loved all the library YouTube examples for this week's lesson. How creative some places can be. I can't help but think, for right now at least, that using YouTube to get young adults and younger involved in the library would be the best use for it. It seemed they were the ones who participated in the library contests featured today. I love the idea of letting them loose to promote a YS program, or just promote the library services to their peers.
And then embedding clips of, or entire, programs, for those who missed them. Fundraising campaign messages. Program promotions. Library opening celebrations. Just plain old self promotion. As libraries get good at promoting themselves with this technology, would local media catch on and use the YouTube clips on their special interest shows? You do see a lot of these "amateur" videos on television these days....
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Hi Leereer,
Excellent choice of a Cute Overload video - it's one of my favorites. And, I too, have lost countless hours on Cute Overload and I have Stef to blame for it. But, sometimes I need a laugh or a smile and CO always provides. I've saved a couple of my favorite photos so that I can see them everyday.
Great ideas for YouTube in your library - let me know if any of these happen at your library!
Keep on playing,
Jean
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