25+ Resources to Create Library Videos

Video has become an excellent tool for library promotion, marketing, and instruction. Today it’s easier than ever to create and edit your own videos using free software and convenient to post your creations to services such as YouTube and Vimeo. So here are some tools and tutorials to get you started creating your own library videos and screencasts.

How To’s

• How to Upload Videos to YouTube (for Beginners)
• The Basics of Video Editing: The Complete Guide
• 26 Ways to Engage With Customers Using Video
• Complete Guide to Video Blogging
• 29 Tips to Make Your Video Marketing Easy

Tools

• 5 Free Tools for Creating Book Trailer Videos
• Best Video Creation Tools for the Classroom
• The Very Best Open Source Video and Digital Music Tools
• 30 Video Editing Software And Online Tools

Library Videos

• Top 10 YouTube Videos Posted by Colleges, and What They Mean
• 10 Great Ways to Create Library Videos
• Design Your Library Video Like a Hollywood Blockbuster: Using Screenplay Structure to Engage Viewers. (Article)
• Screenwriting for Librarians: Part 1 – What makes a good promo video?
• Screenwriting for Librarians: Part 2 – Elements of a good story
• Screenwriting for Librarians: Part 3 – Story Structure
• Library Videos: Best of Blog

Branding on YouTube

• 10 Killer Tips for Creating a Branded YouTube Channel
• 8 Ways to Maximize Your YouTube Marketing Results
• 8 Simple Ways to Improve Your YouTube Channel
• How To: Build Your Personal Brand on YouTube

Screencasting

• Five Best Screencasting Tools
• 12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials
• Five Best Screencasting Tools
• 18 Free Screencasting tools to Create Video Tutorials
• 17 Screencasting Tools for Successful Virtual Training

Best Library Videos

Watch for an upcoming post on the “Best Library Videos“. I’d like to get feedback from readers on what they think are the best library videos and give everyone a chance to vote! But here are a couple of my favorites:

University of Bergen’s Plagiarism Video:

Allen County Public Library’s Zombie Videos: