Monday, October 26, 2015

Youtube in Libraries

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Youtube is a social media application created in 2005.  Users create a profile, make channels, upload videos so that other users can view the videos, subscribe to feeds of videos, comment on the videos, and make connections.  When the users upload the video, they can set the privacy settings so that they can control who views the video.  The videos do not all have to be moving, they can be a series of still shots.  One example could be a shots of the new books that were received or another example could be a series of shots of what the library has on display all of these as promotional videos for the library.  According to “Social Video Videoblogging & YouTube”, Videos “become marketing tools for finding not only patrons, but also potential hires.  Might new graduates looking for a tech – savvy, cutting – edge library search YouTube for possibilities? Could libraries create recruitment videos for marketing to new LIS grades?” (pg. 53 – 54).  Marketing on YouTube is a great tool for libraries.  The videos that they post can be searched online for anyone to see.  The article mentions Saint Joseph County Public Library’s YouTube channel as a good example of a library video channel. 

Social Video Videoblogging & YouTube. (2007). Library Technology Reports, 43(5), 52-57.

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