This is the video of the shelving demonstration that I made with Michael several months ago in the Polytechnic Library. In order to get it to upload to youtube, I had to run it through a conversion program called zwei-stein that allows you to alter the resolution, frames per second and audio quality of a video. It's fairly easy to use once you've learnt your way around it.
I was a little surprised to see that such a short video (2:46) took up more than 180 MB in its original form. The cameras we used were nice, but I feel that they recorded in a format that wasn't really efficient enough for video you want to upload, unless you have a lot of bandwidth.
Finally, much thanks to Michael for agreeing to act as my presenter.
And here's a youtube video by the Allen County Public Librarians that I like for its 'behind the scenes' take on Library Operations:
Askacpl (2009) What Happens When I Place a Book on Hold? viewed on 31st of August 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eZzC-va1Bk
The title is self explanataory and as it is produced by qualified Librarians with extensive experience in putting informative training videos on youtube I would call this video highly authoritative and well presented.
Incidentally, the staff of the Allen County Piblic Library have really embraced the effective use of youtube for Libraries. They use their regularly updated youtube channel to make service anouncements for their clients, publish training videos and interviews that Library staff and patrons will find useful and make announcements about changes in the services.
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Thank you for this information Ben. This reinforces your presentation on using u-tube videos in libraries - it should be clear how effective this application can be for both training and information purposes and how it will be used more and more in the future. CP on the citation.
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