[Web4lib] Video repositories beyond Facebook

[S Perkins]

What steps are you taking to make these Flash objects accessible to
disabled users?  Are you providing transcripts or closed-captioning?

Thanks,

Steven C. Perkins


On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Alan Cockerill
<alan.cockerill at jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi Rhonda
>
> We've installed a Flash Media Server so we can stream video (rather than
> download and play).  Copyright reporting is managed with our online reserve
> system (Masterfile) but links to content (on the FMS, via Masterfile) are
> only visible within Blackboard.  We started last semester with a service to
> transcode and host moving image from a variety of sources (from
> videocassette to 'homemade' digital objects (e.g. Captivate, WMV, MP4,
> AVI))as provided by lecturers. At the start of this semester we integrated
> lecture capture (via our Tandberg system).  Everything is still 'piloty' but
> the uptake has been enthusiastic.
>
> Perhaps the most impressive thing about it is the coordination and
> cooperation between various parts of the Library, IT, AV/Videoconferencing
> and our Teaching & Learning Development people.  To the teaching staff it
> just a form to fill in and then wait for a link for Blackboard embedding to
> be emailed. The processes underneath though are complex.
>
> Here's the form: http://libserver.jcu.edu.au/reserveonline/rovideo.php
>
> We are still developing and refining the system as we go.
>
> Cheers, Alan.
>
> Alan Cockerill
> Library Technologies Coordinator
> James Cook University
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Postrel, Rhonda
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 5:53 AM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] Video repositories beyond Facebook
>
> Hi all,
>
> I read with interest about using Facebook to host video tutorials for
> North Harris'  library. I'm curious what others in academic settings are
> doing to meet the demand to host moving images. At our institution,
> there's a need to store videos and provide access to others.  We use
> Blackboard for course management and have limited access to ContentDM
> through a contract with our state library. I'd love to hear any
> recommendations.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rhonda
>
>
>
> Rhonda Postrel, MSLIS
>
> Visual Digital Resources Librarian
>
> Wentworth Institute of Technology
>
> 550 Huntington Avenue
>
> Boston, MA  02115
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>
> f: 617-989-4091
>
> e: postrelr at wit.edu
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