The Universe of Medical Librarianship

YouTube is a great video sharing service. I have been an avid fan of watching senseless, pointless videos for a long time. Recently, I have seen additional value in utilizing the service professionally. Unfortunately, the majority of the websites in this class, including YouTube, are restricted. I do believe it can be a benefit and a value-added service to patrons of the library when you can share instructional videos that assist them with their information needs. However, I don’t think it is necessary to utilize YouTube to accomplish your video sharing requirements. YouTube is just a convenient and easy medium to distribute videos, but if you are like me, where IT policies restrict your Internet access, then just post your videos on your library site, or blog sans YouTube.