[Air-L] YouTube: The Reference Tool

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Mon Jan 19 15:30:09 PST 2009


Hi all,
Do you know if there is a search website for webcasting, webTV?
I think this would be the next step, ain't it?
Best,
Adilson



Citando "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck at iastate.edu>:

> Colleagues/
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> Seems Obvious To Me ...
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> /Gerry
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> New York Times / January 18, 2009 / Ping
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> At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool / By MIGUEL HELFT
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> FACED with writing a school report on an Australian animal, Tyler
> Kennedy began where many students begin these days: by searching the
> Internet. But Tyler didn't use Google or Yahoo. He searched for
> information about the platypus on YouTube.
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> "I found some videos that gave me pretty good information about how it
> mates, how it survives, what it eats," Tyler said. Similarly, when Tyler
> gets stuck on one of his favorite games on the Wii, he searches YouTube
> for tips on how to move forward. [snip]
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> While he favors YouTube for searches, he said he also turns to Google
> from time to time.
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> Tyler's way of experiencing the Web - primarily through video - may not
> be mainstream, at least not yet. But his use of YouTube as his favorite
> search engine underscores a shift that is much broader than the quirky
> habits of children.
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> The explosion of all types of video content on YouTube and other sites
> is quickly transforming online video from a medium strictly for
> entertainment and news into one that is also a reference tool. As a
> result, video search, on YouTube and across other sites, is rapidly
> morphing into a new entry point into the Web, one that could rival
> mainstream search for many types of queries.
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> Additional Excerpts and Link to Full Article Available At
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> [ http://tinyurl.com/8oj885 ]
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> /Gerry
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> Gerry McKiernan
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> Associate Professor
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> Science and Technology Librarian
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> Iowa State University Library
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> Ames IA 50011
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> gerrymck at iastate.edu
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> There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor
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> [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ]
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