Video on the Web

Video on the Web:

David Lee KingDigital Branch & Services Manager

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Librarydavidleeking.com

A Primer

Many Types of Web Video

News Video

TV Shows

Web Shows

Screencasting

Machinima

Lifecasting

Mobile Live Video

Videoblog

How do you create them?

time

Need a video camera

• Mini-DV camcorders

• cheapie web cam and mic

• mobile phone (moblogging)

Hint - some laptops have built-in videocameras and mics...

Need video editing software• Free & Cheap:

– Apple’s iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Avid Free DV

– Quicktime Pro

– Power Director

– Ulead’s Video Studio

• Pricey & Powerful:

– Adobe’s Video Suite

– Final Cut Pro

online video editing

• get an account

• edit videos online

• jumpcut, motionbox, photobucket...

Formats

• Not easy like podcasting and mp3 files

• quicktime .mov

• iPod .m4v

• Flash

– Many video sites use flash (YouTube)

– Hard to download for later viewing

Store your videos somewhere

• blip.tv

• YouTube

• Internet Archive

• others

Planning• what do you want to say?

• who’s going to say it

• who’s not scared?

• who’s holding the camera

• who gets to edit

the bigger questions, too

What can libraries do with them?

Traditional ideas…

• from the director sharing

• instruction on new tools

• PR for the library staff

• classes and tutorials

• library tours

More interesting ideas:

• let the librarians train the trainer using video

• behind the scenes: what goes on in a dept?

• can your patrons train others?

thanks!