Just went and visited You Tube land. I really like the Community section. I think it's a great tool for people to connect to information when they have the time and when they're thinking about specific issues.
As for the library, well I think You Tube is a natural for us. We could have our author interviews published on You Tube and we could have librarians doing book recommendations on You Tube. How great to be able to bring your librarian into your home through You Tube just before heading out to the library. You could write down some titles that sound good and then head over with a goal instead of just floundering in the bookstacks. I talk to plenty of parents who are overwhelmed by the number of books on the children's shelves. So much is new and they haven't read them and don't really know what's there. Sort of a mining for treasure among the books sort of experience. When the children are young, the whole run in and grab a book before the child escapes experience is stressful. Picture books are spine out. Who knows what lies inside those covers?
So, I say, let's get in the game and start putting our expertise out there for our patrons to tap into. You Tube meets the Howard County Library.
As for the two videos I chose to post, well, how fun to be able to listen to one of my favorite songs and watch one of my favorite artists perform it??? And how delightful to be able to watch and hear one of our best children's authors talk about saving our natural heritage for our children. Such excellence at the push of a button.
If you're going to glue yourself to this machine, it's nice to stumble on some worthwhile sites.
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