Videos and QR Codes in the Library

YouTube

I enjoyed visiting the different library YouTube sites and seeing how the videos are used in the library.  When I am a librarian, I think I will use videos a lot as tutorials for how to use the different library resources.   This would be especially helpful in the middle and high school libraries.   They would also be great to document events that are going on in the library, such as Battle of the Books, Book Fair, new books, etc.  

These are the YouTube sites that I visited : 

Norman High Library   https://www.youtube.com/user/TheNHSLibrary/videos

Most Helpful Video : Getting Started with the NHS Library Website

It talks about getting started with the NHS Library Website, as well as the ins and outs of website.

Video Students Would Like the Most : Norman Public Schools Celebrates Your Freedom to Read

Frequently challenged books are read and discussed.

The Unquiet Library https://www.youtube.com/user/theunquietlibrary/videos

Most Helpful Video : Finding and Using Wikimedia Commons.

Showcases useful tutorials for the library.

Video Students Would Like the Most : The student interviews, excerpts and testimonials, such as this mythology project :

Pikesville HS Library    https://www.youtube.com/user/pikesvillehslibrary/videos

Most Helpful Video : Course Advisement Video :

Walks students how to pick courses.

Videos Students Would Like the Most : Videos of events in the library, such as Senior party in the library .

BBMS Media   https://www.youtube.com/user/bbmsmedia/videos

Most Helpful Video : Instructional videos, such as headphone storage

Video Students Would Like the Most : Star Wars themed library topics, such as this one on overdue books.  

Overdue Games was a cute concept as well that students would love!

QR Codes

There are so many ways that QR codes can be put to use in the library.  Some of the ways I have heard or experienced are :

• student projects
• book trailers
• instructional videos
• book summaries
• scavenger hunts

I chose to do a book trailer on a book I love, Emmanuel's Dream : The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson.
Here is the synopsis from Penguin Random House, the publisher.

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah’s inspiring true story—which was turned into a film, Emmanuel’s Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey—is nothing short of remarkable.

Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled.

Thompson’s lyrical prose and Qualls’s bold collage illustrations offer a powerful celebration of triumphing over adversity.

Includes an author’s note with more information about Emmanuel’s charity.

I enjoyed making the book trailer. Animoto was an easier site to use and I see students having a great time with it as well!

References : 

Synopsis of Emmanuel's Dream from Penguin Random House.  Retrieved from https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/224630/emmanuels-dream-the-true-story-of-emmanuel-ofosu-yeboah-by-laurie-ann-thompson-illustrated-by-sean-qualls/9780449817445/

Thompson, L.  (2015).  Emmanuel's dream : The true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah.  New York : Schwartz & Wade.

Zinkovich, B.  (2016).  Using QR codes to promote your library.  Retrieved from https://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/novelist-special/using-qr-codes-to-promote-your-library