Monday, February 4, 2008

Video connection

I've viewed both overseas and Australian videos about libraries on Youtube. LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe) is a software program developed by the Stanford University Library to help libraries preserve digital material for future generations. The LOCKSS website describes the program "as an international initiative that provides tools and support so libraries can easily and cost-effectively preserve today's web-published materials for tomorrow's readers".

The Day of Action Protest Rally shows footage of the NSW Public Libraries protest march in November 2007 after the state government made funding cuts to public libraries .

Youtube is a powerful tool that individuals and small groups can use to connect with other like-minded people and to broadcast their message to others throughout the world.

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