When YouTube first came out I thought - there's a way to waste a lot of time! It's also the premier tool for everyone to get their "fifteen minutes of fame". I still think that, but have also found uses for it beyond sharing jokes and such (much as I love a good laugh). For example, the sharing of Prof. Randy Rausch's "last lecture" from Carnegie Mellon has been a cultural phenomenon - in a very positive way. Some of the educational videos I've seen are very good. It's a wonderful way to share visual arts. Michael Wesch's work in "digital anthropology" is extremely interesting.
At our library we are hoping to begin putting up videos or podcasts of some of the speakers we host at special events. In this way, we hope to broaden the audience beyond those who can attend in person. We may experiment with some for instruction, though I am skeptical as to whether students would bother to watch them. I am willing to be proven wrong on this!
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