“Media do not simply portray places that already exist: they actually produce them.”

Electronic Elsewheres: Media, Technology and the Experience of Social Space.

Chris Berry, et. al.

Libraries as motion videoSetting up an in-house studio, getting visual & extending skill-sets into new environments

Bernadette Daly Swanson and Meredith Saba, University of California Davis.CARL Conference, April 8-10, 2010, Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza, Sacramento California.People Make Libraries: Digging into Our Past and Polishing Our Present to Transform Our Future.

In-house Micro-content Video Production for the Health Sciences Libraries

Goal:• Create timely visual micro-content to

meet the needs of faculty and students across a range of physical and digital environments.

• Identify new ways to collaborate with students and faculty through media creation and sharing.

“Skill to do comes of doing.”Ralph Waldo Emerson

Should we be in the movie business? Do we really need them?

“Skill to do comes of doing.”Ralph Waldo Emerson

make some movies!!YouTube

Camtasia

Captivate3 ...

old?Video editors?

Camera…

iphone?

Flip camera

We propose…

Why? Goals? How and Where we will share these videos?

Sandbox!Sandbox!

Start somewhere!Start somewhere!

Entering the realm of content creation & socially networked sharingKaltura, Facebook, YouTube

Where do we start?Beginning to articulate our richness & expertise

In our YouTube Sandbox

“Skill to do comes of doing.”Ralph Waldo Emerson

Goal: create visual micro-contentfor physical & virtual platforms & an array of devices

“The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.”Kahlil Gibran

Video Environments

YouTubeYouTubeEDUFacebookiTunesU

Video AnywhereBlogsWebsitesCMSsMobile phonesEmailWalk-by LCD Screensvirtual environments (e.g.: Second Life)

Video Destinations

24 hours of video every minute

“Skill to do comes of doing.”Ralph Waldo Emerson

http://www.youtube.com/testtube

YouTubeEDU2 & 4 year colleges & universities

Creative commons licensingNo length limits

branded look3D options (all)

Partner accounts, no limits, branding, account must use the name of institutionYouTubeEDU

Storytelling & Digital Stories

Techniques for visualizing story

& the art of being brief

“Heredity is nothing but stored environment.”Luther Burbank

Storytelling conveying of events in words, images, sounds… often with improvisation and embellishment.

Narrative is a story that describes a sequence of events (fiction or non-fiction)

digital story A short, first-person video-narrative combining recorded voice, still & moving images, music or other sounds.digital storyteller Anyone (including librarians) who documents life, experience, ideas, or feelings through the use of story and digital media.

http://www.storycenter.org

• Five Card Flickr• Flickr Poet

Online tools:

“Less is more.”Robert Browning, 1855

Getting Visualwhat do our words look like?

Enter 6 or more wordsFrom your library’s web site

Refresh the page and try again

•Research•Life•Library•Information•Digital •world

FlickrPoet

Stories In Flight and FlickrPoet are © Thomas Sturm

Hands-on #1

http://www.storiesinflight.com/flickrpoet/index.php

The fine art of brevityfrom Latin brevitās: shortness

Quick glimpses & micro-content: trailers, commercials, classifieds, tweets

Six Word Stories

memorable, bite sized, mini scripts with a beginning, middle, end or not

"For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn." Ernest Hemingway

Tell me an Extremely Brief Story

like a….

6 word story like a….

6 word story What’s the point?

What’s the point?

Lou Rera: Digital Stories: Flash Fictionhttp://www.nmc.org/preso/7665

Write a 6 word story

Hands-on #2

Topic: Researching a subject/topic in your library “library research”

Audience: first year students

Note:Use the 3x5 cards so we can share themwith you later.

Wikipedia. Google. Found everything. Used nothing.

Shields Library, UC Davis

Media Commons / Library Studios

• Penn State University: Copyright, Fair Use, Free Media, Creative Commons

• NCSU Libraries Learning Commons

• Digital Media Commons Univ. of Michigan

• Interactive Media Center, University Libraries, SUNY

• Duke University Center for Instructional Technology

Video Fellows Program’ (Best practices for using video in student

assignments)

Offering more than video editing softwareFondren Library: Rice University The Digital Media (DMC)• Equipment loans• Lab in the library• In-house expertise• Creating or using digital media

Jones Media Center: Dartmouth College Library• Advertising for an intern (1 year program)• Lending media equipment

(mini camcorders, professional HD cameras with 3 day loan periods)

• Additional lending policies

Mixing Rich Media

Platforms: AnywhereYouTube & YouTubeEDUFacebook iTunesUBlogsWebsitesCMSs (SmartSite)Mobile phonesEmailWalk-by LCD Screensvirtual environments (e.g.: Second Life)

Still imagesVideoScreen CaptureMixed media videoaudio

Screen Capture & Video

“I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.”Elvis Presley

Using screen capture products to record the screen & edit with bundled editing tools in (Camtasia, Captivate, ScreenFlow), free to mid-range video editors (Windows Media Maker, iMovie, Sony Vegas, etc., etc. OR non-linear video editors (NLEs: Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, etc.)

+

Desktop or 3D Environment as Stage

“What is bought is cheaper than a gift.”Miguel de Cervantes, in Don Quixote (1605)

Screen Capture Software (many options) + Environment/Stage: Moviestorm, iClone, Second Life® or desktop image

Katrina Brown ‘Looking for

a Better Thing”

Photos with Screen Capture of Library Studios Island, Second Life ®

Video resolution

“Thou shalt not carry moderation unto excess.”Arthur Koestler

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Screen ResolutionsScreen Resolutions YouTube Videos, iPhone, iPad, etc.

iPhone 320x480Video in Landscape: 480x320

iPad

YouTube default view320p480x320

YouTube 720p HD

YouTube 480p

YouTube 1080p HD

Software from Free to $$$$$

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Storyboarding using free software

Storyboard Pro from Atomic LearningStoryboard Pro from Atomic Learninghttp://www.atomiclearning.com

Atomic Learning has a presence in Second Life.

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PlanningPlanningStory / event/ interview / demoStory / event/ interview / demo

Write it down or type it outORUse online screenwriting software such as

Plotbot www.plotbot.com

How do I record video?How do I record video?Screen CaptureScreen Capture

PCs: PCs: • FRAPS (US$37) = video format is AVI• Camtasia (US$299 – Camtasia Studio 6 now in HD)• Captivate• WeGame (Free!) • Game Cam (US$25)

Macs:Macs:• iShowU (US$20 - $59)• SnapzProX (US$69)• Jing (free)• Screenflow ($99)

Linux:Linux: • XvidCap (free), glc (free)• RecordMyDesktop (free)

For recording machinima:For recording machinima: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Movie_Recordinghttp://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Machinima

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What’s Free for screen capture / machinima?What’s Free for screen capture / machinima?

Online and Free:Online and Free:Screen Toaster (Online) Screen Toaster (Online) http://www.screentoaster.com/

Free on your desktop & upload to JingFree on your desktop & upload to JingJing (PC or Jing (PC or MacMac)) http://www.jingproject.com need 14.95 year pro version to upload to YouTubeneed 14.95 year pro version to upload to YouTube

Trial Versions:Trial Versions:Camtasia (trial version):Camtasia (trial version): http://www.techsmith.com/download/camtasiatrial.aspCurrent FRAPS (trial version) records audio: Current FRAPS (trial version) records audio: http://www.fraps.com

Other: Other: FRAPS:FRAPS: no audio, older version no audio, older version http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3934.html

Taksi: Taksi: http://taksi.sourceforge.netWeGame (PC):WeGame (PC): http://www.wegame.com/download

Recording Voice WellRecording Voice Well

MacMac

PCPC LinuxLinux

Wiretap Studio $69 mac (29 day trial)Wiretap Studio $69 mac (29 day trial)

Übercaster mac $79Übercaster mac $79

Soundtap $30 mac & PCSoundtap $30 mac & PC

Total Recorder Total Recorder PC $18PC $18

Rogue Omoeba Audio Hijack Pro mac $32Rogue Omoeba Audio Hijack Pro mac $32

Audacity (PC, GNU Linux record/edit)Audacity (PC, GNU Linux record/edit)audacity.sourceforge.netaudacity.sourceforge.net

glc Linux (video/audio)glc Linux (video/audio)

Transliteracy

The ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.

The modern meaning of the term combines literacy with the prefix trans-, which means "across; through", so a transliterate person is one who is literate across multiple media.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteracy

Transliteracy Articles

Transliteracy: Crossing Divideshttp://tinyurl.com/2k8oqjThomas, S., Joseph, C., Laccetti, J., Mason, B., Mills, S., Perril, S., and Pullinger, K. ‘Transliteracy: Crossing divides’. First Monday, 12 (12), 3 December 2007. Available at: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2060/1908 (Accessed: April 4, 2010).

Transliteracy: Take a Walk on the Wild Sidehttp://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/94-andretta-en.pdf

In-house librarian peer training for use with Camtasia Studio software.Video instruction books available through UC and other libraries

Online individual training through Lynda.com http://www.lynda.com for professional level software, ($24.95 monthly)

BAVC, San Francisco http://www.bavc.org

Adobe’s ‘Digital School Collection - Teacher Resources’ includes assessment matrix http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/adsc/

BBC Academy: some free training in area of journalismhttp://www.bbctraining.com/index.asp

Searching Google for free resources and watching videos on YouTube!

Training Ideas

Adobe products (PC & Mac)

• Educational discount• Volume licensing• Copy of software for

home use• Adobe TV

The Books! My WorldCat.org list:

The Books! My WorldCat.org list:

The Books! My WorldCat.org list:

Center for Social Mediahttp://www.centerforsocialmedia.org

What are the Rewards? Supporting librarians’ instruction &

outreach at UC Davis Self-serve collection of video content Specialized skill-sets for new working Environments (distance learning, etc) Happy librarian videographers & editors

Getting to Work: Editing

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Post-productionPost-productionEditing, effects, audio designEditing, effects, audio design

Video editing / audio editing softwareVideo editing / audio editing software• Free software for PCs or Macs (Windows Movie Maker or iMovie) Free software for PCs or Macs (Windows Movie Maker or iMovie) • Commercial video/audio editing software ($29 to $$$$$)Commercial video/audio editing software ($29 to $$$$$)Comparison of Video Editing Software (Wikipedia):Comparison of Video Editing Software (Wikipedia):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_editing_software

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Post-production Great Tools for Quick Projects

Virtual Dub (for compression & almost everything else) - Virtual Dub (for compression & almost everything else) - $0 (free)$0 (free)http://www.virtualdub.orgQuickTime Pro 7 ($29) QuickTime Pro 7 ($29) http://www.apple.com/quicktime/I couldn’t live without QuickTime Pro for quick encoding I couldn’t live without QuickTime Pro for quick encoding & slicing up long video footage into smaller clips.& slicing up long video footage into smaller clips.

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Online Editing & HostingOnline Editing & HostingEyespot:Eyespot: www.eyespot.com YouTube’s TestTube:YouTube’s TestTube: www.youtube.com/testtube

Sites offer different features: Sites offer different features: –Create individual accounts for practicing (sandbox style)Create individual accounts for practicing (sandbox style)–Email video clips to your accountEmail video clips to your account–Edit online or add transitions, callouts, import audio or remixEdit online or add transitions, callouts, import audio or remix

Hands-on Activities

• Five Card Flickr• Flickr Poet

Online tools:

“Less is more.”Robert Browning, 1855

Getting Visualwhat do our words look like?

Enter 6 or more wordsFrom your library’s web site

Refresh the page and try again

•Research•Life•Library•Information•Digital •world

FlickrPoet

Stories In Flight and FlickrPoet are © Thomas Sturm

Hands-on #1

http://www.storiesinflight.com/flickrpoet/index.php

Write a 6 word story

Hands-on #2

Topic: Researching a subject/topic in your library “library research”

Audience: first year students

Use the 3x5 cards so we can share themwith you later.

Wikipedia. Google. Found everything. Used nothing.

Connecting Facebook & YouTubeHands-on #3

Click on Account

Working on the important stuff: Overview (where any copyright infringement messages show up)

Activity Sharing: We will use our Facbook login and password (see your accounts on the printouts)Now take 5 minutes to look around the other options (profile, picture, mail)

Working on tabs at top: Settings, themes & colors, modules, videos & playlists

Customizing your YouTube ChannelHands-on #4

Click on My Channel

Give your YouTube channel a name – it can be different from your login and URL

Themes and Colors: click advanced link to change transparency & add an image to background (1024x1024 works well on large screens)

Click on arrow next to your account name | on drop down menu select PlaylistsOn left side: click on New to create a new playlist… name it EndnoteNow click on the YouTube logo at top of page to go to main page… Now search for Endnote videos

My Account: Playlistsmaking playlists of other people’s videos and subscribing to channels

Hands-on #5

To add the video to YOUR playlist, click on the Save to button at bottom of the YouTube playerYou can vote on the video too…

Videos and Playlists tab:NOTE: Be sure to select Playlists and then set the playlist to show up on your YouTube channel

‘Save to’ your PlaylistHands-on #6

Go to your login name at top right of window:Select: My Videos from drop down menuSelect a video you want to annotate or swap audio…Try out the audioswap to replace your current audio… it takes a couple of hours for YouTube to change the audio.

Annotating your Video & Using AudioSwapHands-on #5

Share the link with students or friends to collaborate on annotating the video…

Group AnnotationsHands-on #5

Ideas on the horizon…

“Skill to do comes of doing.”Ralph Waldo Emerson

Discussion Question:How can include faculty and students in thestory writing and video planning and production?

Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!

Meredith Sabamksaba@ucdavis.edu

Feel free to contact usanytime about anything:

CARL Conference, April 8-10, 2010, Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza, Sacramento California.People Make Libraries: Digging into Our Past and Polishing Our Present to Transform Our Future.Photos & screenshots: istockphoto, Second Life®, UC Davis, YouTube video clips, Wikipedia, Shields Library, Carlson Health Sciences Library, Penn State, Duke, NCSU, University Libraries SUNY, Dartmouth College Library

Bernadette Daly Swansonbmswanson@ucdavis.edu

Library Video Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/libraryvideochannel

Machinima from the very beautiful Second Life®: http://www.youtube.com/user/HVXSilverstar