Hey, what's not to like about YouTube? Sure there's a lot of junk but there are also many gems. The site has contributed to making the web a more democratic (small "d") medium, allowing people with a camera and relatively little means to air their views. I go to the site to watch windsurfing videos; since we don't live in a high wind area, it is one of the few ways I can easily see the people good at the sport (unlike my own earnest but inept efforts) in motion. Librarians have already begun to exploit the medium, of course, creating their own generally low quality but fun and tongue-in-cheek content. One way we might be able to quickly use the site is to take advantage of the fact that publishers and authors are creating videos about BOOKS; they are advertisements, of course, but do provide information about the titles in a fun way. We could have a new book page and link to content, including YouTube vids, in addition to the ubiquitous Amazon.
Here a YouTube favorite, from Weird Al himself. Many of you have probably already seen it. It inspired me to become a librarian:
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