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Video Resources

 

Video is an incredibly popular format these days.  It provides a great way to promote library services and programs to a wider audience. Students make creative use of video as a learning/presentation tool in schools. Screencasts can help library staff and customers learn how to use your library services. Videos produced by others help explain new web services and software tools. Conference presentations, powerpoint presentations and library events can also be shared via video.

 

(Note to "Flip Out" workshop participants: Music & Sound resources)

 

Library related video examples

• New Spice: Study like a scholar, scholar - And a bunch of other terrific videos from the library at Brigham Young U.
• Technology @ Your Library : Playaway Demo - Quick explanation of what playaways are, how they work and why you'd want to check one out. Nicely done, engaging. I wanted to watch it to the end simply because it was fun!
• ALD Live - Arapahoe (CO) Library District's online media presence. Video book reviews, audio reviews, movie reviews.
• South Carolina Library Association -- has a video channel on YouTube
• The Library Channel  -- Very professionally produced podcasts and videos from Arizona State University Libraries. Some are instructional videos, others related to events, exhibits, history and other topics. Eg: Pyracantha Press video
• Williams College videos by Nick Baker -- Fun videos about library services on YouTube..  eg: Library Welcome Tour
• Library Videos Blog   -- Videos about libraries, not necessarily done by libraries. Great stuff here!
• Summer Reading Videos -- Happauge Public Library has the Summer Reading videos nicely embedded on the main page of their web site.
• Why I Love My Library -- New Jersey State Library video.
• Pecha Kucha @ CIL 2008 -- video of a conference session at Computers in Libraries conference, March 2008.
• (this) Librarians's Guide to LibGuides -- screencast created by Cindi Trainor for the ALA BIGWIG Showcase, 2008.
• Express Check Out - quick video demo on how to use self check out.
• 100 Awesome YouTube VIds for Librarians - Great list showing range of  what libraries are doing with video.
• *Catch the Reading Bug - Clifton Park Halfmoon (NY) Public Library librarians created this fun video to promote the 2008 Summer Reading Program.
• *Scare Up Some Fun @ The Library - Denver PL video.

 

Kids & Teen Projects

• *Teen Tech Week Video Reviews - Denver PL teen produced video.
• *Why Vote? - Project from Pima County (AZ) Public Library TeenZone.
• *Mystery on Pine Street--  Wacky fun stop-motion clay-mation video created by kids at the Cornwall Free Library (CT) as part of their 2007 Summer Reading Program.
• *Spring Break Out  - La Crosse Wisconsin Public Library
• *War is - NYPL - reviews by teens (Playlist full of teen reviews) 
• Cry Me a Verb -- Fun Spanish language review done to music.
• Grammar Videos -- who knew grammar could be so much fun. Student videos from Springfield (PA) High School.
• LTTV Book Talk - Part of LTTV Online - Lyons Township Television.  Produced by students. 

 

Other Examples - Learning, information sharing, professional development & Just Plain Fun

• Factcheck.org  -- New weekly 'vid-cast'. Videos that run on their web site are hosted at blip.tv. Looks like they're also distributing them through YouTube.
• RSS in Plain English -- One of the CommonCraft videos explaining new media tools.
• *Daft Hands: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Amazing.
• *Four Part A Cappella  - Fun idea.

 

Editing Software and tools

 

Editing on a PC

• WIndows Movie Maker (Comes with Windows OS or free download)
• mp4cam2avi - Free download, converts mp4 files to avi format for editing in MS Movie Maker.
• Getting Started with Windows Movie Maker  - good tips on connecting your camera to the computer and getting video off the camera.
• Quicktime Pro - Need this to convert files from Windws Movie Maker to Quicktime .mov format. $29.99
• Video Spin - From Avid/Pinnacle. Free editing software exports to .flv file format for upload to video sharing sites. An additional $14.99 for their Advanced Codec Pack to create and edit additional formats.
• Pinnacle - from Avid

 

 Editing on a Mac - People say that it's much easier to edit video on a Mac. I'll have to take their word for it until someone lets me borrow a Mac! And to think my first 2 or 3 computers were Macs. Do I hear an airbook calling me?

• iMovie

  Short tutorials

 

Tips

• QuietTube - use this to erase all the extraneous stuff on a YouTube screen.  Screencast demo

 

Video Hosting Sites

• blip.tv 

  Great hosting site. Free hosting of audio and video files. Pro accounts for additional services. Uploaded videos converted to .flv, but you can opt to show video in their original format. Embeddable players.

• Student Tube -
• TeacherTube -
• YouTube (now owned by google.)

  Very popular. Free. Video only, no audio files. Videos limited to 100 MB. Files converted to .flv format on upload. Embeddable players.

• Viddler.com

  Allows upload of files up to 500 MB in size. That's big!

• Vimeo.com

  Limit of 500 MB of upload per week. Otherwise, no limits.

• Vimeo.com
• Internet Archive
• VdeoJug - for howto videos

 

Some How to's 

"David Makes a Video" - great, succinct, video on making a video with a PC and Windows Movie Maker.

 

 

How to plan and film a how to video - basic steps

 

How To Make A 'How To' Film

 

Movie Maker Video Editing Tutorial

 

 

More information

• Video Editing Software Review 2009 - Handy chart of features for ten popular video editing tools.
• blip.tv Learning Center  -  great overview of video planning, recording, editing and preparing for web upload.
• FreeVlog - tutorial on how to set up a video blog from compressing your video, uploading it to a hosting site and setting up your blog. Plus other tips and tricks.
• Comparison of Video Services  - Wikipedia article with chart comparing 20 or so video hosting services.
• The Video Blogging Toolbox: 100 Tools, Resources, and Free Software Packages - links to lots of tips and tools.
• Embed the Video - Enter the URL for your video, the thumbnail image and a title. Copy and paste code to your blog or web page, your video will show in a popup window/player.

 

More Tools

• Zamzar.com - Online conversion of files from one format to another.
• Jumpcut.com - upload video clips, photos, etc and create your videos online.
• dabble.com - searches for videos from many sites, set up an account to bookmark your favorite videos from many sources
• QuickTime Sample Files - handy for testing conversion programs, players, etc.

 

Online video Formats:

compressed formats for online viewing.

• flv - Flash Video - used on YouTube and other online hosting sites. Often what you're seeing when you embed a video on a web page.
• mov - Quicktime
• wmv - Windows
• mv4, mp4, mov for iPod

 

 

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notes to self: 

jashaka ?? open source video editor ? - give it a try