#lisajones

Artistic, Engaged Community –     Vimeo is a video sharing platform with a focus on the     artistic, filmmaking and music communities, so the audience is more     engaged and creators receive friendlier, which, in turn, creates stronger     relationships with users.

Easy Uploading and High     Quality - Uploading     videos is convenient high quality.  Members have the option of upgrading to     paid accounts for increase quality and use less bandwidth.

No advertisements.

You can password protect your     videos.

  Vimeo: The Cons

Lower traffic - Because     it is a smaller community, you will get fewer views of your work.

Paid access – A     basic membership is free, but there are fees for increased security,     stats, support and customization.

Commercial restrictions – Must     have a paid account to upload commercial videos.

Upload restrictions – Even     the Pro account limits members to a maximum of 50 GB of uploads     per year, at a maximum of 5 GB each.

 How might this network be beneficial to libraries?

 Certainly, Vimeo could be used to share all sorts of videos – informational, how-to, training, story times, programming, even board meetings. However, because of its focus on the artistic, filmmaking and music communities, this could be a great platform to us for maker programming – beginning filmmaking, music lab, and other artistic pursuits.

Dr Lisa Jones: #TrendingStories

23 May 2014

‘Identity is not in the past to be found, but in the future to be constructed.’

— Stuart Hall (1996)

Stories form identities; identities form persons. Every story that we tell, as individuals and collectives, reflects the society that we live in. Personal broadcast is a seemingly unstoppable trend which is shaping contemporary life, but what does it mean for our identities? From selfies to hashtags, and with countless platforms such as Instagram and Twitter, whether you are active on social media or not, the way stories are told has changed.

23 May 2014

‘Identity is not in the past to be found, but in the future to be constructed.’

— Stuart Hall (1996)

Stories form identities; identities form persons. Every story that we tell, as individuals and collectives, reflects the society that we live in. Personal broadcast is a seemingly unstoppable trend which is shaping contemporary life, but what does it mean for our identities? From selfies to hashtags, and with countless platforms such as Instagram and Twitter, whether you are active on social media or not, the way stories are told has changed.