A New Librarian’s Blog

Write a blog entry discussing how you felt about the experience of using YouTube and what you think about this service. Do you see any potential uses for Podcasting in the library? If so what and why?

I think that YouTube is a valuable resource for students and faculty. I think it would be interesting to use it for more in depth library instruction. How great would it be for a student to log in to his or her course management software and find relevant library instruction videos linked to the assignment his or her professor assigned in class that day? Wouldn’t that be helpful for distance education students, too? On the other hand, will the use of these types of efforts be worth the staff time that is put into creating them?

I like podcasting. I think libraries could use this technology for things like self-guided tours of the library (if it’s a one time thing though, is it really a podcast?). I also think that a library could develop interesting and relevant podcasts similar to the lecture series that many libraries currently sponsor. Again, my questions would be how many people would actually listen to these podcasts?

A fun library commercial from YouTube: