YouTube, Faculty, & Librarians Kirstin Dougan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IAML, Montreal, July 2012
Survey : Spring schools in the U.S. 168 NASM accredited + MLA-member librarian(s) 29 non-NASM schools randomly selected from MLA membership 9,744 faculty surveyed / 2,156 completed = 22.5% completion rate 331 music librarians / 217 completed = 66% completion rate
Who answered?
Faculty factions
Faculty posting own content
Librarians using YouTube 1.Instruction 2.Collection development 3.Cataloging (tied with) 3. Posting about your Library 4. Reference
Via Flickr by Michael Branson Smith
Librarians think students are…
He said, she said
What are faculty looking for? A particular…
They don’t go without … Via Flickr by Ricklibrarian
Teaching with it
Cite-seeing
Perceived ease of use
Convenience factor
Concerns: Quality
Concerns: Metadata
Concerns: Copyright
Wrap up
Thank you! Kirstin Dougan Music and Performing Arts Librarian University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign