YouTube and similar sites can be lots of fun but they can also take up lots of your time if you aren't careful. I looked at a few of the library-themed videos on YouTube and revisted an old favorite Raging Rudolph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvWVzjBfrn0
The Rudolph video always reminds me of a former co-worker who liked to recite the dialogue and act out all of the parts.
Libraries could certainly make use of such sites to post short tutorial videos or videos promoting new services or upcoming events. The possible uses are endless. Staff could even create videos as a morale and team building activity. When I was in college, the students in the science and math departments used to create a video every year with skits poking fun at the various professors in the department and the professors would make a video teasing the students. We'd show the videos at a cookout just before finals and everyone would laugh and have a great time. It helped all of us not to take things so seriously and also provided us with the opportunity to work together on something that was fun but also a good learning experience. Many of the library videos that I looked at seemed to have been created for just such a purpose.
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