I am really enjoying exploring YouTube, though it took me awhile to figure out how to post the videos to my blog. Even then, I am still a bit confused about citation. Whereas, Flickr makes sharing and usage rules very clear, I could not find similar info on YouTube. Since I am not familiar enough to know whether that means it is essentially a free-for-all or not, I will cite as carefully as I can.
I lucked out and found one library's channel that had a variety of good informational and fun videos. Upon watching the nicely done State of the Library interview from May 2008, from the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Video courtesy of Allen County Public Library (http://www.youtube.com/user/askacpl) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3i1OntTcMw, I thought this could work for libraries everywhere. I am not sure if this was filmed by an internal public relations department, if it was contracted out, or if, perhaps, it was part of someone's educational project (I can see excellent opportunities for journalism/broadcast interns). My other thought was, here's a library that is losing 1.5 million dollars in funding by 2010; yet, the librarian discussed moving from the school of thought that the parts that make up the library are books, buildings, and bodies to now thinking in terms of 4 B's: books, buildings, bodies, and bytes. Hooray for Library 2.0!--oh, wait, this library believes it is on 4.0 now. Having watched some of their videos, I can certainly credit them with that. Check it out if you have a chance.
I especially like the monthly staff training videos, "Geek Out, Don't Freak Out"
Video courtesy of Allen County Public Library (http://www.youtube.com/user/askacpl)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_HA2Q7rW7I
This, to me, would be such an easy and wonderful staff training tool. Staff could watch the video as many times as needed to learn specific procedures. They could then refer back to it as often as necessary to refresh their skills or look for answers to specific questions.
Finally, I must add my own bit of fun and stress relief with a search result for "Lolcats".
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3jDfSqtG2E4
Video courtesy of G4TV - http://www.g4tv.com/
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