Hi Everyone, Pardon the cross post:
Just a little Friday gift for y'all... I've been dabbling with Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) and decided to create 2 streaming video CSE's, heavily inspired by the Digital Video Collections Guide <http://connect.ala.org/node/183711>. One searches several well known educational media licensed vendor hosted and popular sites. The other searches most of the freely available websites listed on the guide. These tools are a bit crude, and are the product of a quick and dirty test prototype from me playing around a bit, so no guarantees. That said, I have already found them very useful for my work in tracking down content and perhaps you will too. Let me know what you think! I have posted more specifics on a new VRT ALA Connect page: http://connect.ala.org/node/237479 You can also access them directly here: *Many Licensed and Popular Educational Media Streaming Sites* http://tinyurl.com/isitstreaming *Open Streaming Video Resources* http://tinyurl.com/openvideoresources Best, Scott -- Scott Spicer Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian University of Minnesota Libraries - Twin Cities 341 Walter Library [email protected] 612.626.0629 Media Services: lib.umn.edu/media SMART Learning Commons: lib.umn.edu/smart
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
