An anthropological introduction to YouTube

Posted by Celia Walter | 18 Dec, 2009

An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube," Mike Wesch shows some of the landmark moments in YouTube's history and discusses the evolution of video as communication among the YouTube user community. With the increasing availability of computer webcams, users can often 'talk' to their online audience through videos in a style that has been called 'vlogging' or video blogging; YouTube also has interactive features allowing users to indicate that videos were posted in response to others' videos, as well as to 'favorite' other people's videos.

From: 

http://ipl.ci.fsu.edu/community/wiki/index.php/Videos

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KeepVid.com where you can download streaming videos

Posted by Celia Walter | 7 Sep, 2009

http://keepvid.com/

Where you can download streaming videos from Youtube and the like. I used it to download a video clip from the Bollywood film "Taare Zameen Par". 


 

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Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.2.1.58

Posted by Celia Walter | 17 Aug, 2009
If you've ever wanted to just listen to a particular YouTube video at your leisure as an mp3 file, this application may be just the thing. Visitors simply need to install the program and drop the YouTube URLs in question into a box. The application will convert the files into the mp3 format. This version is compatible with computers running Windows XP or Vista. [KMG] From The Scout Report

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-YouTube-to-MP3-Converter.htm

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How to Download A Video from YouTube

Posted by Celia Walter | 7 Apr, 2009

 http://www.dowvid.net/. DowVid is a powerful video script to search & download videos from YouTube and save as many different video formats, such as FLV, MP4 and 3GP. You can search, download and transfer YouTube video into your PC, iPod, PSP, iPhone, PDA, PocketPC, Cell Phone, or other portable video device.

From: http://philbradley.typepad.com/i_want_to/2009/04/download-video-from-youtube.html

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YouTube EDU

Posted by Celia Walter | 2 Apr, 2009

YouTube EDU is a special page which only includes material submitted by colleges and universities

From Peter Scott's Library blog

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Yale Courses: YouTube

Posted by Celia Walter | 29 Mar, 2009
Yale Courses: YouTube
This YouTube Channel is maintained by Yale University. It provides free acess to an online collection of film clips and videos of lectures and courses courses taught by staff at Yale University. These cover a range of subject areas including literature, philosophy, politics, psychology and religious studies. Most courses are at an introductory undergraduate level. The video materials are in many cases linked to online course available via the Open Yale OpenCourseWare website, a link to which is provided. Users should consult the latter for information on the course objectives, plus transcripts and reading lists. Copyright and technical information is displayed. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.youtube.com/yalecourses

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Youtube, a research tool?

Posted by Celia Walter | 21 Jan, 2009

At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool/ By MIGUEL HELFT

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.

“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. And when he wants to explore the ins and outs of collecting Bakugan Battle Brawlers cards, which are linked to a Japanese anime television series, he goes to YouTube again.

While he favors YouTube for searches, he said he also turns to Google from time to time.

“When they don’t have really good results on YouTube, then I use Google,” said Tyler, who is 9 and lives in Alameda. Calif....[more]

New York Times permalink

Thanks to Julie Strauss for this.

 

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UCLA: YouTube Channel

Posted by Celia Walter | 8 Oct, 2008
UCLA: YouTube Channel
This YouTube channel has been created by UCLA (University of California). It provides free access to an online collection of webcasts, film clips of its academic debates, events and lectures. These include examples of scholarly discussion covering American politics, foreign policy and the sciences, social sciences and humanities in general. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. Most material relates from 2008 onwards. Intute.ac.uk
http://uk.youtube.com/ucla

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University of Pretoria, Department of Library Services: Official YouTube Channel

Posted by Celia Walter | 18 Jul, 2008

Official YouTube Channel of the Department of Library Services, University of Pretoria.

http://www.youtube.com/user/UPLibrary 

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Youtomb

Posted by Celia Walter | 22 May, 2008

YouTomb is a research project by the MIT “that tracks videos taken down from [Google-owned] YouTube for alleged copyright violation,” as the site explains

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-05-20.html#n41 

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UC Berkeley : YouTube Channel

Posted by Celia Walter | 29 Jan, 2008

UC Berkeley : YouTube Channel

This YouTube channel has been created by the University of California Berkeley. It provides free access to a growing collection of online videos, from its courses and lectures. These cover a wide range of sciences, humanities and social science subjects. Examples include : technology and society; non-violence, social justice and physics. Technical and copyright information is displayed on the website. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ucberkeley

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How Search Engines Work: Youtube video. UC, Berkeley

Posted by Celia Walter | 29 Jan, 2008
SIMS 141 - Overview of How Search Engines Work
01:44:07
Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business. The World Wide Web brings much of the world's knowledge into the reach of nearly everyone with a computer and an internet connection. The availability of huge quantities of information at our fingertips is transforming government, business, and many other aspects of society. Topics include search advertising and auctions, search and privacy, search ranking, internationalization, anti-spam efforts, local search, peer-to-peer search, and search of blogs and online communities. The Instructor, Dr. Marti Hearst, is an associate professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley, with an affiliate appointment in the Computer Science Division. The UC...
From: ucberkeley

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UC Berkeley first to post full lectures to YouTube

Posted by Celia Walter | 4 Oct, 2007

The school announced on Wednesday that it has begun posting entire course lectures on the Web's No.1 video-sharing site...

The school said that over 300 hours of videotaped courses will be available at youtube.com/ucberkeley...

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9790452-7.html 

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