[Web4lib] YouTube and Bandwith

[Kraft, Michelle]

A lot of hospital libraries and a growing number of academic medical
libraries are blocking a lot of social networking sites in addition to
YouTube. Our IT department has actually gone a step further and blocks
all multimedia on the Internet, unless it has a valid medical or
education application.  Specific online medical sites with multimedia
are not blocked and we are allowed to download/view them.  But there is
no way they will un-block a site like YouTube even if we found (from
home since I can't do it at work) a good medical video.  

Michelle
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Michelle Kraft, MLS, AHIP
Senior Medical Librarian 
Cleveland Clinic Alumni Library
9500 Euclid Ave. NA30
Cleveland, OH 44195
216-445-7338

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Phillip Whitford
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 10:41 AM
To: Mary Hartman; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] YouTube and Bandwith

Three of the libraries we support have blocked YouTube, social
networking sites, and streaming video sites due to bandwidth concerns
(and to be honest, some content concerns). Bandwidth use did initially
drop but within 60 days it was back to its formal levels. 


Phillip B. Whitford
Associate Director for Support Services
Braswell Memorial Library
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my organization. 
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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Mary Hartman
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:24 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] YouTube and Bandwith


Are there any libraries that have blocked the use of YouTube in their
libraries because it uses so much bandwith?  Have there been any
repercussions?  
 
Mary
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