Oh, hi! Have you met Book?

Maybe you've seen this, maybe you've not...it is a bit old. Either way, I think it's worth checking out.

For my instructional services class, we all had to do a presentation/instructional session on some topic relevant to Library Land. One student did a fabulous session on technostress (stress experienced in reaction to the introduction/use of new technologies).

To get us started, she took the houselights down and showed us the following skit from Øystein og jeg on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK), circa 2001*:



Funny, 'eh?

*All of this information could be wrong...I'm just quoting from the About this Video section.

Week Nine/Lesson #18: Video - Discover YouTube

Okay, I must admit that I LOVE YouTube. Personally, much of my YouTube viewing is musical in nature. YouTube is a great place to find videos, live recordings, etc... of bands you like. It is especially useful if you happen to enjoy musical artists from other countries who are not yet "released" in the US.

I'm not sure how libraries could use YouTube...maybe for advertising/marketing the library and its services? Since I was a bit stuck on this, I decided to look for libraries on YouTube. The first video I stumbled across was actually developed by students in a library science marketing class University of Pittsburgh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItCIHAksjf4). From there, I found several "I love my Library" themed videos (it seems that there was some sort of contest), which do end up serving as advertisements:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQI25n8qPQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcNIsWExKEw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-oBHCsFbkk

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=i+love+my+library

Now, for the optional embedding...enjoy!: