I love YouTube, most of the time! There are some really cool videos put on there. You could find anything almost! We’ve found clips of shows we grew up with, funny ads from the US and other countries. If we’re wondering about something we’d seen ages ago, we’re bound to find it on YouTube.
One of my favorite clips is the “Evolution of Dance:”
There are so many things out there, I can see some inappropriate material making its way on there and possibly being viewed by the wrong audience. It looks like there are some tools in place to protect some, but there will always be someone who gets through.
Libraries could find uses for YouTube: embedding clips of videos/dvds in their collection (with appropriate copyright authorizations), training videos both for local staff and for rural or branch libraries, possibly even a “how to use the library” video. There is a lot of potential for libraries to use YouTube, podcasts, and Flickr in their work.
