On what to give up when faced with too much work and never enough time....David Lee King discusses this age old problem here: http://www.davidleeking.com/2008/07/01/answering-the-what-do-i-have-to-stop-doing-question/

As life and work and family and friend's demands seem to only leap and grow exponentially....I keep thinking back to something from an earlier....more evenly paced time.  If we always try to do the most important, most meaningful, most valuable things that we have on our "to do": lists......things will usually turn out just fine. 

Gosh that seems so hard to do these days. In a world of what seems to be an ever quickening pace of change, sometimes it just seems hard to catch your breath. I know I feel guilty enough of the time questioning....if I could have only gotten this or that thing done. I do know I have to continue to be more productive and to keep making "more meaningful" contributions and impacts. To make a meaningful impact on: my family, my work, myself and my faith.  I'll have another post to follow this on what seems to be a very "unlibrary" type of a posting for me...please indulge me.

For now....here was my added comment to the David Lee King discussion:

"I agree….the “what” of the things that we do is important. I might add to the conversation another word…”why”. Why do we do what we do? or… Why should I do that new thing?

It seems to me…when you discuss the “why” of our actions, our beliefs, our library goals or even the “why” about what makes us feel passionate about our work, the true value and joy and meaning emerge.

Next time somebody asks about giving up or adding the “what”…reframe the question into: “why” do you ask?,  why should it matter?,  why is that better…and most importantly…”why not”?"

The 1-hour David Lee King [http://www.davidleeking.com] presentation Monday at 11am (EDT) is described as follows:

"Video on the web is one of today's hottest social networking trends. But what can this emerging technology do for libraries? What is a videoblog and why use one on your library's website? This in-depth session answers these questions and more. Come explore how libraries are using video for outreach and learning through a variety of case studies, discover tips on what types of content work best for different types of libraries, and learn what to consider when planning for and implementing videocasting at your library."

Och nu, tadaa!, via Anna-Stina Axelsson: smarta kollegor som lagt in meebo som sökträff  i bibliotekskatalogen när man misslyckas med sin sökning!

Idén kommer från David Lee King; "What did we do? We added a Meebo widget to unsuccessful keyword searches in our library catalog. This way, when a customer searches our catalog and doesn’t find anything, they can contact us via IM and ask for help"

Lite revolutionerande när katalogen blir ett verktyg för kommunikation.
Så vem blir först i Sverige med detta?

The same as podcasting, but with video included.  Be sure to check out Rocketboom - 3 minute daily video blog, covers internet culture. 2-3 people in their apartment, very low cost, no promotion funds, but getting very popular, 4-5 hundred thousand viewers per day.

Other terms used to describe video blogging:  Videoblog, Vlog, Vodcast, Videocast, V-Log, Video Podcast

Not: A digital version of a tv show, not streaming video, not YouTube, not digital video news from CNN.

Video blogging is video on a blog. Commenting is allowed, just like a regular blog. Gets the conversation going. Some vloggers will use video comments.

"I can't open it" By Steve Garfield. Very funny.

Broadband makes video blogging easier. Free storage online, easy upload, cheap equipment, video ability is available on cameras, phones, etc. lots of great uses for short video clips of things, and the technology is there to help them do it, find it, etc.

blinkx.com - search engine for video

clipblast.com - similar, video metasearch engine

google video search

mefeedia - web based video aggregator - set up an account and store video at your account instead of on your own computer.

iTunes - video as well as audio.

Just click on a video to watch it. Need of course computer, fast connection, the usual stuff like that. Need to have a video player installed, like QuickTime, Windows Media Player, Flash, etc.

Use a video aggregator, subscribe to the video blog, then you don't have to search as much, and you can watch it on your own time, etc. just like normal RSS feed aggregator.

Creating video blogs - need time. Mostly time. Time to do it. Also, mini-DV camcorder, webcam and mic, mobile phone with a video camera in it, some laptops even have built in vidoe/camera capability.

Movie editing software: Windows movie maker is good, Quicktime Pro, Avid Free DV, Power Director, Ulead's video studio, Adobe's Video Suite (spendy), Final Cut Pro (spendy spendy)

Online video editing is an option - eyespot, jumpcut, motionbox,

Need a blog - any blog. Blogger, Wordpress, work great. Feedburner can be great for getting RSS feeds out

Video is not quite as easy as podcasting, becasue file types vary. .mov, .m4v, flash are the big types, but there are many types. Flash is great, but hard to download for later viewing.

Ideas can be good. What would be good for a video blog? What kinds of content will work best with the media?

Storage/Access - store them yourself, at your library (bandwidth issues - popular videos might take up more bandwidth), media server is good. Or, let someone else store them - blip.tv, ourmedia, internet archive, others.

I like the idea of doing it at the Internet Archive - non-profit, open, free.

Lots of video hosting places out there. Lots and lots and lots. Youtube is the most popular. You can store up to a 10 minute video. You can get an RSS feed, embedding, viewer stats, but hard for others for download. Blogger has a way to save video on blogger.

What can libraries do? 60 second book review - life on the refrigerator door. Very cool. Booktalks with creative stuff in them.

book talks, PR, Bibliographic instruction, exhibits, interviews, events, tutorials.

Slideshare - slow yet, wonky for sound, slidecasts and screencasts should be short, just like all other videos.

More ideas: Cultural memory project, Local news, video contests for teens, environmental issues, behind the scenes at the library, local places to visit, Travel videos, local attractions, political candidates discuss issues, hobbies, lifestyles.

For more info: videoblogging for dummies, secrets of videoblogging. Groups.yahoo.com - videoblogging group lots of good people.

Så här säger David Lee King i en kommentar:

"So… how do you learn a new tool’s culture? By PLAYING with it. Experiencing it. Using it. Play with Facebook. Gather 100 friends and see what happens. Connect to some Facebook apps, join some Facebook groups. Poke people. Browse - see who’s using Facebook in your neck of the woods. Then figure out what you can add that those people (your customers, after all) might find interesting or useful."