Videos and QR Codes in the Library
- Stevens Kahn
- Mar 23, 2022
- 5 min read
Updated: Mar 25, 2022
YouTube accounts with valuable ideas for libraries.
The Unquiet Library (YouTube)
1) Most helpful for students.
The following YouTube video called "Finding and Using Wikimedia Common Images" is a video that explains how to find and use images that are copyright friendly. This is the most helpful video because it is short, straightforward, and relevant to student needs. Likewise, it will help students develop a skill that will be useful far into their future.
2) Video that the students would like best.
The following YouTube video called "What makes a library a library (Volume 1)" shows students explaining in their own words what they think makes a library. The students' truthfulness and authenticity make it something students will like because they are more likely to contemplate and relate to the video's message.
Pikesville library
1) Most helpful for students.
The following YouTube video, "Avid Pimp My Binder 2012," is about students working together to help a fellow student organize their binder. This is the most helpful video from this YouTube account due to a well-choreographed and clever skit. Similarly, it skillfully communicates the importance of organization.
2) Video that the students would like best.
The following YouTube video called "The Panthers Library Shake" is a video that shows a variation of a viral dance called the Harlem Shake that came out about nine years ago. Students will like this video the most because they recognize and enjoy this type of entertainment.
BBMSMEDIA
1) Most helpful for students.
The following YouTube video is the most helpful for students due to its explanation of creating a book citation using the application Noodle Tools. To illustrate, the instructor in the video goes slow and methodically ensuring he is teaching the necessary steps. Also, and most importantly, he teaches a skill that students will use throughout high school and college.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdrCb_hHuDI
2) Video that the students would like best.
The following YouTube video is a parody about returning overdue school books. The parody uses the background of the Star Wars movie The Last Jedi, which is dubbed over with student voices explaining the need to return the overdue books. Students will like this video because it is entertaining and uses media that is popular amongst students.
How will I use videos to promote my library?
Videos help promote libraries by increasing stakeholders' awareness of products, facilities, and services. For that reason, I will create a variety of videos similar to but not limited to the ones above. This may include videos using parody, cooperation amongst students and school staff, and the dissemination of informational messages. Use of a variety of different social media platforms can be used to deliver those videos. In particular, some of the most popular platforms that can be utilized include Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, and Instagram.
Synopsis from publisher
New York Times best seller! For fans of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot See, best-selling author Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light on one of the war's most devastating - yet unknown - tragedies.
World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstance to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in each other tested with each step closer to safety. Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes. Not country, nor culture, nor status matter as all 10,000 people - adults and children alike - aboard must fight for the same thing: Survival.
Told in alternating points of view and perfect for fans of Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning All the Light We Cannot See, Erik Larson's Dead Wake, and Elizabeth Wein's Printz Honor Book Code Name Verity, this masterful work of historical fiction is inspired by the real-life tragedy that was the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff - the greatest maritime disaster in history. As she did in Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys unearths a shockingly little-known casualty of a gruesome war, and proves that humanity and love can prevail, even in the darkest of hours.
Book Trailer on Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
The following trailer is a quick and simple video abstract about the historical fiction novel Salt to the Sea. The purpose of the video is to get students interested in reading the book. Animoto is the online application used to create the trailer along with creative commons images. Some of the images are from World War II, which provides a more authentic feel. Various images depict hardships during war, which increases the reader's understanding of the era.
(Click on the expand button on the lower right of the video above to see a larger display.)
Please scan the QR Code above to view the book trailer Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys.
How will I use QR Codes in the library?
Teachers can use QR codes to help users access library services more efficiently and quickly. They can advertise underutilized and newer services, increase user input with instant surveys, and place QR codes throughout the facility for various needs. To demonstrate, a user walks into the library, but there are no more computers to look for a book in the online catalog. Instead, the user scans a QR code at the reference desk and uses the online catalog with their phone without having to wait for an open computer. Next, let's say a user may want a quiet room to read but does not know the layout of the library. The librarian can place a QR code at the front of the library giving them a map to find the needed area.
References
"Harsh Winter in Greece" by SpaceShoe [Learning to live with the crisis] is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/50696182@N02/6759493475
"Public Domain: Women Prisoners During the Destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, 1943 (NARA)" by pingnews.com is marked with CC PDM 1.0.https://www.flickr.com/photos/39735679@N00/1856307145
"Russian Tank" by nickirp is marked with CC BY-ND 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/18824468@N00/2681367035
"Russian winter battle - ww2" by Za Rodinu is marked with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Sepetys, R. (2016). Salt to the sea. Philomel Books.
"Survivors of the minesweeper HMCS Clayoquot, which was torpedoed by the German submarine U-806... / ...des survivants du dragueur de mines NCSM Clayoquot, torpillé par le sous marin allemand U-806..." by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives is marked with CC BY 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/28853433@N02/8641119030
"The Atlantic Ocean" by milan.boers is marked with CC BY 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/26234859@N07/3506659147
"The Titanic Sinking." by Jimmy Big Potatoes is marked with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/93222379@N04/8648904596
"The Wilhelm Gustloff, the largest maritime disaster" by History In An Hour is marked with CC BY 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/51878367@N02/4775667526
"Toni Frissell: Abandoned boy, London, 1945" by trialsanderrors is marked with CC BY 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/76204898@N00/3304676288
Love the Luke Skywalker has overdue books. I think students will really enjoy that because Star Wars is so popular right now and it also gets across some needed library information. I also enjoyed your video on The Unquiet Library about the copyright images. This is such an important topic for students to be aware of and how to correctly go about using certain images.
I also chose the one of the parodies for returning overdue books. I think they are very catchy and entertaining by providing information on the importance of returning books. I like how you added the actual book trailer video on your blog to ensure everyone had access to your book trailer. QR codes are great, but we must remember to add other ways for our audience to view because not everyone may have a device to use.