David King was, to my limited knowledge, the first librarian to make a foray into videocasting. It seems his interest has not waned as he offers a nice list of possible applications for video on your library’s website: Integrating Video into Library Websites.
He’s looking for other ideas and I will offer one here: short “Meet the Staff” clips. One of the things that sometimes gets lost in the library technology shuffle is the human element that really makes a library what it is. It can’t hurt to remind your patrons that there are real people behind the OPAC, behind the calendar of events, behind the Ask-A-Librarian form, behind the downloadable audiobooks. Give ‘em a glimpse of the people who make it all happen.
