I have used YouTube in the past, but mainly just for personal use. I didn't realize how many lectures that there are and it made me realize that I could post tutorials for my students on YouTube for them to watch. This would allow them to access these tutorials no matter where they were. One of my favorite videos you can find on YouTube is A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto. I first saw this at the Computers in Libraries conference in 2007 and thought it was wonderful. You can see it here.
Just for fun here is a link to another YouTube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJlkplvYdgA. It is a classic Sesame Street video where Cookie Monster asks for cookies from the librarian. The funny part is that I have dealt with patrons like this.
I do think that using YouTube can be a great learning tool, unfortunately it can also be misused like anything else.
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You're right Holli. YouTube is a good spot for making library tutorials accessible 24/7. However, it's easy to get distracted and wander off topic.
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