Ah, YouTube, the repository of wonders, weirdness, and egotism that makes me look self-effacing. You can see The Last Lecture, cheap porn, concerts, old TV, and an infinite inanity of self-display that reminds me of the adage about fools' names and fools' faces being seen in public places. Obviously the people who strut their stuff here never heard that one and never had that talk with Mom about not telling the whole world your business. There are also artistes manques who couldn't get a contract with a record company, a gallery show, or a movie role with blackmail and unlimited access to controlled substances at their disposal. Perhaps this will be enough to keep them from making a nuisance of themselves to the rest of the world. Perhaps this will save the rest of us from having to imperil our souls by lying about liking whatever their particular Art is.
Having said that, I can see where a video presence might be useful for a library, besides the in-group jokes we make about patrons and the Visual Tours. Got a first-rate book-talker? If you've got the tools, record some talks and post them. Record other presentations, and if they went over well, or you're really proud of them, post them. You can edit out the sight of all the empty chairs when 8 people showed up and you thought it would be 80. Fortunately, YouTube does not require strict veracity.
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