Tarleton Libraries YouTube Channel

 

Tarleton Libraries YouTube Channel

Did you know that the library has a YouTube channel? Not only that, it's seven years old and it has over eighty videos!

A screenshot of the Tarleton Libraries YouTube channel.

Our librarians have been busy creating tutorial videos for you during the past few months.
Stop by our channel and find out:

• Virtual Tours- Rickett and Dick Smith Libraries
• How to Find a Book
• How to Use Our Electronic Resources
• Understand and Avoid Plagiarism 

 Our videos are closed captioned and most of them are under five minutes.

We don't only have tutorial videos, though.

You can find videos from our  2020 READ Poster Reveal , which featuring Tarleton Athletics and Dr. James Hurley!

So stop by and click on the Subscribe button. You'll be glad you did.

Tarleton Libraries YouTube Channel

Did you know that the library has a YouTube channel? Not only that, it's seven years old and it has over eighty videos!

A screenshot of the Tarleton Libraries YouTube channel.

Our librarians have been busy creating tutorial videos for you during the past few months.
Stop by our channel and find out:

• How to Use Interlibrary Loan (for either a book or an article)
• How to Find a Book
• How to Use Our Electronic Resources
• How to Use Discovery to find articles

and more.  Our videos are closed captioned and most of them are under five minutes.

We don't only have tutorial videos, though.

You can find videos from our 2017 Banned Books Read Out, which featured a wide variety of Tarleton students, faculty, and staff.  You can also get staff reading recommendations.

So stop by and click on the Subscribe button. You'll be glad you did.

Get some library tips via YouTube

Did you know that Tarleton Libraries has a YouTube channel?

Screenshot of the library's YouTube channel.

It has a wide variety of videos.
Below are some of the topics you can learn about:

Understanding copyright and fair use
Renewing items online
Checking out items
Using the Discovery search tool

Our tutorial videos also have edited closed captions. Let us know in the comments below if there are any topics you think would be a good subject for a YouTube video.

A screenshot of our Transition Week 2015 video.

At Our Libraries, You're WORTH IT!

After tours of the Dick Smith Library on August 18 and 19, we asked the incoming Class of 2019 and their group leaders to show off their best dance moves. Transition Week 2015 was a lot of hard work for everyone on campus, but you students are WORTH IT!

Reading on a Dream Prank!

I wonder what would happen if someone busted out in song at the Tarleton Library? Check out this musical prank in a library....Reading on a Dream PRANK!

Top Ten Tuesday: Stay Informed

The following list, in no particular order, offers links to Tarleton resources that will help you stay in the know.

• Tarleton homepage
• Check out news releases, spotlighted announcements, and upcoming events notices.
• Current Students page
• Learn about campus life, technology & support, news & events, student activities, and health & safety, as well as locate featured links from the Bleed Purple page.
• Bleed Purple page
• Find links to all things purple:
  Tarleton on Facebook, Tarleton YouTube videos, Tarleton blogs, photo archives, the Purple Book, and more.
• J-TAC
• Read articles about campus life, sports, and entertainment, along with editorials and letters to the editor.
• Post comments to the message board.
• Tarleton Radio KTRL 90.5 FM and The Planet 100.7 FM
• Listen to music, announcements, and live broadcasts.
• Texan News Service, sponsored by Tarleton's Communications Studies Department
• View Texan TV News and read feature, sports, and news stories.
• University News from the Marketing & Communications Department
• Read press releases, submit event information, search for subject experts, and access the Publications Guide.
• Tarleton Today
• View articles about Tarleton events, athletics, and activities, as well as campus announcements.
• Submit event information for inclusion in future postings.
• University calendar
• Look up events by dates and categories.
• Code Purple
• Enroll in Code Purple to receive notifications about health and safety emergencies, closings or delays due to weather, and crime or other events that pose a threat to those on or coming to campus.

100 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers

Don't let the name of this website fool you: It is useful for you and you and you (and me)! 100 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers is a site that collects all those great resources, such as TED, UCBerkeley (Who needs primetime TV with access to THIS channel???), Wired, National Audubon Society, CitizenTube, ItGetsBetter, American Film Institute, Library of Congress, Gizmodo....oh, just go read the list! You will find something valuable here--and now you do not have to remember any of these sites, because you can find it at LOL, your Library Online Lounge!

"Library Girl" by Reina del Cid

Interesting things happen in libraries sometimes...like music videos. No, this was not filmed at the Dick Smith Library, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy it anyway.

Banned Book Video

YouTube Offers Online Video Editor

The post "Edit Video in the Cloud with the YouTube Video Editor" on Broadcasting Ourselves recently announced YouTube's launch of its online video editor, which lets users

• Combine multiple uploaded video.
• Trim the beginning and/or ending of videos.
• Add soundtracks using YouTube's AudioSwap song library.
• Create videos and easily publish them to YouTube.

Available in TestTube, the YouTube ideas incubator, the video editor is ready to use. No software downloads required. Yea!

The post also offers videos with tips for using the editor, examples of others' videos and feedback, and links to help center support, as well as asking for feedback. Check it out!

A provocative video...

This wiki will give you a little more background on the video and "connect you with some resources to learn more about the shifts that are occurring in our world and their implications for K-12 and higher education."

Flip Video Cameras

What is a Flip Video?

Flip Videos are pocket-sized, battery-operated, portable camcorders with LCD screens, one-touch recording, and digital zoom. They hold up to 60 minutes of TV-quality video on 1GB of built-in memory; no tapes or additional memory cards required (recording time may vary based on recorded content). A built-in USB adapter plugs directly into your computer for easy uploading and sharing of videos (however, you can only do this on your own computer, not a campus public access computer). Built-in software lets you easily e-mail videos, share them on YouTube and Grouper, do very simple editing like trimming the beginning and end of your video, and capture still photos from video. Or, you can watch videos instantly on TV with the included cable.

The Circulation Desk at the Dick Smith Library currently has two Flip Videos available for check out for one week loan (no renewal, and overdue fines are $2 per day). The camera comes in a case with cables and instructions.

What can I do with a Flip Video?

Record, edit, and share videos, just like any other video camera.

Since the camera connects directly to your computer, it’s fast and easy to upload videos to the internet or your hard drive, so Flip Videos could be used for simple video assignments:

- To show before and after.
- To demonstrate a procedure or process.
- To entertain or add a personal touch.

Flip Video Tutorials

Introduction to the Flip Camera by Learnthisthing.com (different model, but the same idea):

How to install Flip Video editing software by Learnthisthing.com

How to upload, organize, and share video by Learnthisthing.com

...should've been a librarian

Anyone seen the new Star Trek movie?

Fore-Edge Paintings

In a recent post here, Janie mentioned fore-edge paintings, something I’ve wanted to blog about for a long time! It's easier to show how fore-edge paintings work than write/talk about them, so I've included some very-short videos (with no audio) below.

If you are holding a book in your hand, then the fore-edge is the long edge of the pages that you can turn or fan out. Fore-edge painting refers to any painted decoration of this fore-edge. Some are visible when the book is closed, but most are only visible when the pages are slightly fanned. The painting is further hidden when the book is closed by applying gilt (gold-leaf) or marbling to the edge. The most common type is a single fore-edged painting:

There are also split and panoramic fore-edge paintings. Split fore-edge paintings can be done on thick books, where each half of the book’s fore-edge has a different illustration (here’s an example). Panoramic fore-edge paintings occur not only on the book’s main fore-edge, but on the fanned-out top and/or bottom edges of the book as well, giving a near-270-degree panoramic view:

The most rare type are double fore-edge paintings, which show one image when the fore-edge is fanned out the usual way, and a completely different picture when the pages are fanned out in the opposite direction:

There are even triple fore-edge paintings, where the edge is not gilded or marbled and instead has an illustration visible when the book is closed. As far as I know, there are no fore-edge paintings on any books in the Dick Smith Library. However, I will be checking books with gilt or marbled edges in our Special Collections just to make sure!

Fore-edge paintings date back to the 10th century and were a popular art form in the 18th and 19th centuries. The detail on these miniature paintings is incredible! There are some great examples in the Boston Public Library Flickr set. For more information, check out these Delicious links.

Funny from the Colbert Report: The Read Menace

A funny about Libraries from the Colbert Report

VOTE! or Not...Monday October 6th

To be able to vote in the Election in November, you must be REGISTERED to vote by MONDAY October 6th!!!!!

Rock N' Roll Readers in the Library