Lately, I’ve made an effort to produce more video content for my library’s YouTube presence. Here are some video interviews with some of the top finishers from the recent teen photography contest. I shot each of these five videos in our Digital Media Lab against the chroma key wall (aka SPL’s green monster). It was [...]
Categories: Digital Media Lab,Photos,Videos
Tagged: youtube
For the past three years, mpow has sponsored a photography contest for teens. We had 42 entries the first year, 32 last year, and a whopping 67 entries this year! I was amazed at the talent on display by our local teens. It was incredibly difficult to choose the top three winners and honorable mentions. [...]
Tagged: photography contest
I love hearing stories of libraries fostering and rewarding creativity within their communities. One easy way to do that is to have contests for photography, video, and other media. Last year, mpow’s teen librarian and I planned a photography contest and invited teens to submit their best work with the hopes of making it an [...]
Tagged: contest, creativity, flickr
MPOW broadcast the inauguration live on 5 plasma screens throughout the building. Lots of people stopped what they were doing to watch. It was moving to see our community sharing this historical moment together at the library. Check it out…
Categories: @ the Desk,Libraries,Photos,Politics,Skokie
Usually when I want to create a photo slideshow of a Flickr set, I use a Flickr slideshow generator or something like Pictobrowser. LibrarianinBlack reminded me of Animoto, which is a cool online tool that allows you to make slideshows that are a bit more interesting. Check out this one using pics from our Senior [...]
Categories: Photos
