Sunday, March 15, 2009

YouTube

Let me start off by saying: I love Youtube! I think it's safe to safe I'm probably on youtube at least once a day. I, personally, use it mostly for music. I use it to listen to music by bands I like, see those bands performing in concerts, see official music videos, and see random videos created by fans of those bands. Many bands are now using youtube to post updates. For example, two German bands (Tokio Hotel and Cinema Bizarre) upload what they call THTV and CBTV. They film short (about 5 minutes) videos of what is happening on tour or while they're in the studio recording, so fans can watch the videos on youtube and see what is happening with the band. Many lesser-known bands also use youtube to become more well known. They will post videos of their band performing songs, hoping more people will start listening to them.

I'm not sure how exactly libraries can use youtube. I see how they can use it for the video contest, but besides that....I don't really see library usage on youtube. If libraries make videos about something, then youtube would be great. Otherwise I'm at a loss for how libraries can use youtube.



The lower video was popular last year, and so he made a second one:

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