Adirondack Community College

The video supplies visual cues in its discussion of the orientation of the call numbers in the OPAC vs on the physical spine, as well as the way books are generally physically ordered on the shelf and the logic of their order, but detailed narration and accurate closed captioning make this resource accessible to visually/hearing differently abled learners.

It’s unfortunate that this resource isn’t licensed under Creative Commons, because if it allowed derivation I might edit out a few seconds of content here and there discussing material that is irrelevant to my liberal arts freshman.  I would also edit out pieces that I feel might cause confusion for my students, such as moments when pitfalls in understanding are discussed. 

I like this resource because in addition to the clear narration and closed captioning, the information is also presented in greater detail in slide-like format. This makes creating comprehension-checking exercises and quizzes easy for me and note taking and studying easy for my students as vocabulary is embedded in the video.

It is also good in that it leaves room for me, the instructor, to expand upon the content of the video. This resource skims and gets the basic message across, but it neither so information heavy nor lengthy that my students won’t zone out as I expand upon the material.

The CC BY license would also allow me to edit the video, or add it to a longer video lecture or presentation for Library Research Methods in the future.

What I especially like about this video is the time it takes to discuss organizational skills during the search process – making sure you have all of your necessary citation information and searching log- which will make the research and paper writing process easier and make accidentally plagiarizing less likely.