The fourth item I tried was #20: Discover Youtube and a few other sites that allow users to upload and share videos.These sites allow people to watch videos and upload them to their various websites, blogs or Facebook. Millions of people view these videos everyday. It would be a great way for libraries to "advertise" their services in a fun and creative way.
Usually, I utilize Youtube for purely entertainment purposes. I don't really go to the site to search for videos, but watch the ones that my friends post or share with me. Sometimes after watching a video, I might scroll through related videos that are posted nearby. There are several other sites for sharing videos including Google Videos and Yahoo Video.
There are many videos that would be useful to librarians. A lot of the videos are instructional. The Library of Congress has their own Youtube channel to which one can subscribe.
There are also videos about the proper way to conduct a reference interview
and how not to conduct a reference interview.
There are many, many more videos about libraries and quite a lot of really funny ones, too, including, but certainly not limited to, the following:
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