Collaborative Design on a Dime

A Centralized Approach to Implement Videos for Library Outreach and Instruction

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.jloe.v4.1236

Keywords:

video tutorials, digital learning objects, distance outreach, library marketing, library collaboration, video production workflows, staff training, professional development

Abstract

Yale Library launched a collaborative program to publish a suite of video tutorials on YouTube to market centralized library services and collections. This article describes how a library committee came together to design, produce, distribute, and maintain a suite of video tutorials in a large library system in a short time frame with a limited budget. The program’s success enabled the development of an internal immersion program to train library staff to create videos to use in asynchronous and course-integrated instruction.

Author Biographies

  • Kelly Marie Blanchat, Yale University Library

    Kelly Marie Blanchat is the undergraduate teaching and outreach librarian at Bass Library, Yale University Library. She coordinates the library’s undergraduate outreach and education program through workshops, wellness programming, and course-integrated instruction. Kelly has a Master of Library and Information Science from the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University and a Bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College. 

  • Caitlin Meyer, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University Library

    Caitlin Meyer is a librarian at Yale’s Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library. She coordinates the library’s general education program and supports the students and faculty of the School of Medicine’s Physician Associate Program and Physician Assistant Online Program. Caitlin has a Master of Library and Information Science degree from UCLA and a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Vanderbilt.

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Published

2024-12-20

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement

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Feature Articles

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