I really enjoy the embedded links to YouTube videos found in American Libraries Online, and other odd emails. I’d never really SEARCHED YouTube before.
Having searched “Star Trek” for the exercise today, I was surprised that the first few that came up were of “questionable” content. For example, “Star Trek Sex Compilation.” Okay, why am I surprised? Naivete, I expect. And the description under the video lets you know what to expect, so you can avoid it. I know from my brother’s comments that there are lots of “star trek sex sites” on the web. So why would You Tube be any different?
OTOH, the video “Star Trek meets Monty Python” was silly fun. But it had some of the same troubles I’ve had with other YouTube videos—stopping and starting. Very irritating. It was sufficiently irritating when I tried to watch “Star Trek vs. Star Wars” that I did finish watching it. BattleStar Galactica vs. Star Wars vs. Star Trek vs. Babylon 5 was even worse—it totally stopped after 9 seconds. Bummer! Is this endemic to Youtube, or does it have something to do with our connection to YouTube?
YouTube in Libraries? Great marketing/training potential. So many of the videos linked to from American Libraries Online have been library training or humorous takes on library clichés.
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