YouTube offers a wonderful way to promote items and share with others your videos. I searched for “school library” to see what I’d find. The first few were videos produced by Animoto. While I like that web 2.0 application, I prefer a more traditional approach to promos—but I’m over 50. So, I’m sure the younger generation prefers that jazzy style.
That search term brought up some questionable videos. School Library Porn prank for instance. Such a shame… I also saw a university’s promo video for an online course fo school administrators to better understand how to utilize the library more as a learning tool. The other suggestions off to the right aren’t always related to your original search term. While that leads you in interesting directions, it also sidetracks you from your purpose.
I watched a couple a high school promotional videos. Having the students produce a video about their own library would be a great idea. The Troy High School one started off good but got a little corny. The Niles High School video contest sure would be a neat event to repeat. What a great way to involve students with the library through a medium that really take to.
Found a video “WoodHome Elementary/Middle School Library Renovation”—what a great way to chronicle and share a library remodeling project. Well, the idea is great. The video they made was a bit too long. Seven minutes is too much, but shortened to no more than 3 or 4 minutes would be great. I’d like to see this tried out at one of our elementary schools which will undergo a remodel job next year. Posting this video would be such a great public relations tool.
So, can I think of some other uses….have students do book talks or book discussions, sharing how to do something like access a new database or using ebooks, promoting a new collections of resources like MP3 books, having patrons talk about why they like the library or what they’re favorite books are…Doing these videos does take a bit of time, but librarians need to do this kind of promos to advocate for their institution and/or profession.
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