instant access: using technology to bridge the access gap at the library
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How the Taubman Health Sciences Library created a program for making video tutorials.TRANSCRIPT
INSTANT ACCESS:USING TECHNOLOGY TO BRIDGE THE ACCESS GAP AT THE LIBRARY
Nadia Lalla, Anne Perorazio, Carol ShannonTaubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan
Midwest MLA Annual Meeting 9 October 2011
Mandate
•Find existing resources on campus for webinars
•Find other tools & resources for online tutorials
•Second Life and Public Health
First: Survey of campus resources
• Facilities• People
Survey of other resources
AND: Survey of other resources
We discovered
• Screencasting programs (various)
• Videos good & bad
• Spaces
• People
First Steps• Screencasting programs
• Jing to answer simple reference questions• Camtasia for more finished projects
• Other equipment• Samson C01U Podcasting pak & pop filter• Headset with microphone
• Initial Camtasia training @ School of Public Health
Jing videos
• 5 minute limit, can’t be edited• Used to answer reference questions• Videos created by School of Information students
• How to find an Author’s h-index
Camtasia videos• Video editing capabilities• Longer video• Better audio• Smaller file size• Easier to use• My NCBI, pt. 1
Plan!
• Know your purpose and audience
• Length
• Materials
• Format—16:9
• Script
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Who will make your videos?
• Permanent staff• High quality• But not enough time
• Students• Need to be trained• Limited time• Quality?• Now, hired a student with video background
Storage• Computer hard drive
• Share space • YouTube
• Screencast.com
• Other options
Where are OUR videos?
Statistics
Contact us!
http://guides.lib.umich.edu/videotutorials