YouTube, etc.

I went to Google Video and just searched the word library. The search came up with a wide variety of matches but it was really easy to go through the list and read the partial description to decide if I wanted to view the video. While I was looking at the video, I could continue to scroll through the list and look for more possibilities. When I wanted to stop viewing the one on the screen, I could just click on the next one. It was really quick and easy.

Some of the ones that I viewed were "Your Public Library", a good video promoting the value of libraries in all kinds of communities, ""Ray of Light" St. Joseph County Public Library Version", a fun video, and "Library of the Future", about Stanford and their partnership with Google. There were some not so good ones too that seemed really corny.

Great way to present an orientation for new students but you'd have to really be careful not to make it corny and need to update it to keep up with trends. Some of the 2006 videos already look out of date.

I also found a conference on Academic Library 2.0 so this would also be good for presenting conference material to those who could not attend.

On a personal note, if you search "Adam E Peterson", you'll find my son's mock film trailer. He put it up with hopes of finding an editing job. Hasn't panned out so far. He edited the films while he was in film school. You can see him in first trailer standing in the garage door and handing over the brief case. I wouldn't suggest you watch this a work though of course.