This short one-minute video from the Newseum is an excellent example of using archival collections for digital storytelling, and of how special collections can be marketed with very little expense and simple multimedia technologies. The video includes a mix of digitized newspapers, historical images, and other primary source documents.
Social Media for Nonprofits: YouTube Showcase
Examples of how nonprofits (and not-for-profits) can make good use of YouTube. Developed for the “Nonprofits Social Media Toolbox” workshop, Cal State Fullerton Summer School for Nonprofits, July 18, 2013. Regularly updated!
How To Display YouTube Playlist Video Thumbnails In Your LibGuides
How to add video thumbnails back into your custom YouTube Playlists, since Google discontinued the old custom players a year or so ago. Embedded playlists are great for your LibGuides and web projects.
Innovative ways to promote subject librarians within your campus community
A look at some of the innovative ways academic libraries are promoting their subject specialist librarians.
Exemplary academic social media: Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton on YouTube
I’m starting a new regular weekly feature today, a weekly roundup of what I consider to be excellent examples of social media application by academics. Although these examples, and the lessons they provide, are certainly relevant for any organization that participates in social media activities, I am specifically emphasizing academia, and education in general, since […]