YouTubing

I did a search for European Libraries on YouTube and found some interesting things. For instance, the European Library itself introduces it's staff by a video of the staff playing foosball. Another video is about a library in Prague digitizing original historical works and how that is different from normal scanning.

The variety and depth of information found on YouTube is incredible and the success is really in how many people have contributed to it and taken the time to do that. Many of the videos would be enhanced if they backed off the cheesy digital music a little bit, but otherwise YouTube is a goldmine of information.

Hulu is a good start if someone is looking for a movie to watch. Both Hulu and Fancast has a good variety of TV shows and seem to be similar. I think these are important for libraries to know about as a resource for users -- to refer them to the sites, especially if someone is interested in films or is disappointed on a Sat. afternoon that they can't find a movie to check out.