YouTube

YouTube is a fascinating tool. I guess it brought a new whole dimention to the web, almost like television did to the radio era. And I think this is just the beginning, we will see more and more development of these tools. As people become more familiar with the web 2.0 world and count with faster connections at home and companies understand the profit sourse this represent, video sharing will keep on inmensely growing .

Of course, there are downsides. YouTube is a Pandora's box, anything can pop out: from a hidden gem to an unuseful piece of rubbish. This is exactly what the folowing ad from the beauty company "Dove" explores.
Are we creating beauty or Frankenstains?

Probably we are not ready at our library to fully embrace this video sharing wave.
I'm trying to imagine how could we use YouTube in our library... Let's assume we had fast connections and a breeze downloads... How would we splash into this Pandora's Box to get some useful information for a patron? Time consuming and not an effective quick service. Could we set up a database or a video blogging with video content of popular issues (eg Natural Disasters)? Would be this a source accepted by school teachers? Could people, specially children, find it useful and friendly to extract the information from?