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The geek in me likes that the Government Printing Office has a youtube account. In honor of my LIS 5661 government documents class, I share with thee such splendor.
Another example of a library using new media in a way to connect and inform its community is the Allen County Public Library. I found their YouTube channel by way of David Lee King’s blog post Allen County’s Newest Conversations Video. King was recently part of their conversation series, which also includes other big-time library [...]
The government is on YouTube. Check out their welcome message, starring Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p83pNZdmhQ] I’ve had a chance to peruse through the Senate and House YouTube sites and really like what [...]
Updated 6/30/09 It has been widely noted how Barack Obama has utilized technology and social media to educate and inform U.S. citizens about his campaign (just check out his YouTube channel and his Facebook, Twitter, MySpace pages). In fact, some debate whether it made a difference in helping him win the election. Now he has [...]
