Exploring video as a training and promotional tool for libraries, on the web and in television.
Librarian In Black points to a couple of YouTube items. One is a short directional on how to get to the Reference Desk.
YouTube has a nice collection of articles for anyone interested in getting into video production. There's even more at VideoMagazine where the original articles came from. I'm not a fan of, not very good at, subject immersion but a little reading here, a little there, and it makes a big difference.
Somebody in the comments section said they didn't like YouTube's video quality. My clips have been a little fuzzy but what happens is the original clips are a larger resolution and they either have to be saved into a smaller 320x240 resolution or YouTube will do it when you upload. Whether I can reformat the clips so they hold up better I don't know yet, I need to find out what they're set at now. I do know the new camera actually films at 320x240 so at least the online quality may actually increase for in-library created film.
The camera has a slot for a Memory Stick Duo. I think its primarily for the camera functions but the manual says you can record up to 5 hours on a 2 GB stick. That seems like a lot of video so I'm not sure about the quality but its something to hope for.
A Sony Handycam DCR-HC-36. The thing is about the size of my fist which is pretty freaky after working with a higher-end but much larger camera similar to the DCR-VX2100.
Somebody sent me these links. The first is the company PermissionTV, what I would describe as a for-profit and higher quality YouTube. They offer their services to libraries, an example setup here and Orange County's service through them here. The presentation is miles above anything an individual library would do but it could also be miles above what a lot of libraries would need to do.
We film the December Library Lowdown this afternoon but I managed to get part of it done in advance.
