I am truly amazed by how clever some people are... I could never come up with the ideas for videos to promote the library and it's services.
Some years ago a promotional video was made for our library service- but it was very rarely used- and certainly did not get the same exposure that it would today if it was loaded onto YouTube or Google Video Reader.
Searching on Google Video Reader seemed to bring up a lot more entries in the general web search option as it included some of the YouTube videos. For example when I did the suggested "lego" search there were 94,486 in the general web search and only 4,999 in the hosted by Google search... in YouTube there were 60,000. I had similar results for the other searches, in that a general Google web search gave more options.
Google Video Reader allows longer videos to be downloaded, YouTube only allows for shorter videos up to 10 minutes. Hence all the Mosman Library author talk videos were on Google Video Reader only.
We love our NJ libraries I really liked this clip... loved the library rap song in the background which promoted library services. The interviews with patrons seemed natural-not scripted-and highlighted the pluses of library usage from different points of view... this gets the thumbs up from me.
Q and ANJ: Now Your Library is Open Late Night Too! How clever... using a 'drive-thru' theme to show that there are still library services available to students outside normal opening hours through the web. Short and to the point.
How good was Olive Riley Returns to Broken Hill-what a wonderful lady and what a wonderful way to record oral histories. The combination of old photos, videos, re-enactments and of course Olive herself talking about her life in Broken Hill when she was a girl, made this video really enjoyable... not quite the word I'm looking for!!! It makes you want to see the rest of the 56min video. It also gives the web address for Olive's story which I can't wait to look at... I then watched "Olive finds Emma's grave" - that certainly brought a tear to the eye. As much as I don't want to I must leave Olive now...
The State Library of Queensland timelapse construction video 3 was interesting but a bit hard to watch.
PLCMC New Employee Orientation was just a short welcome for new library staff... I wasn't overly impressed as I think the more personal touch is better in these circumstances.
Reference & Research Assistance video was narrated by students for students... the approach was casual but definitely showed all the services and resources available in the library and shows the ways that librarians can help. I liked It!!!
The book reviews that were listed on David Lee King's blog were done by young readers for young readers-simply done but effective.
The Art Express 2007 video shows the works and interviews some of the students who had their works in the exhibition.
All the above video show what can be done to promote library services... the possibilities are endless. All that's needed are a good imagination, a good script, some fearless actors(staff) and a video camera. The web awaits.....
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