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Online Content Hosting for Libraries: Options and Benefits

Explore free and paid hosting services for images, videos, and files, comparing options like Flickr, Youtube, and MediaFire. Learn how online hosting benefits libraries in promoting and organizing content. Practice by hosting an image from a blog on your own platform.

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Online Content Hosting for Libraries: Options and Benefits

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  1. Week Three, July 3, Part 1 LT 209 Media Services

  2. Housekeeping • Questions from last week? • Topic requests for future classes?  Annoyed librarian M&M saw you bend that paperback spine!!

  3. Online Content Hosting • Hosting is: • Using someone else’s resources (site, server, memory, etc.) to store your content • For the purposes of this lesson, the “content” will be limited to: • Images • Video • Files

  4. Free Image Hosting Options • Flickr (up to 200 images) • http://www.flickr.com/ • Photobucket • http://photobucket.com/ • Snapfish • http://www.snapfish.com/snapfish/welcome • TinyPic • http://tinypic.com/ • ImageShack (no registration required) • http://imageshack.us/ • Blogging sites

  5. Compare/Contrast • Flickr: • Well-known • Able to be linked to a Yahoo account and the photos may be easily shared between account holders • Accommodated by many blogging sites • Free up to 200 images • Relatively user-friendly • Photobucket: • User-friendly • Allows for photo album collaborations with other accounts • Snapfish: • Unlimited storage • Can also print images as photos • TinyPic: • Also able to store video and website data • Not to be confused with TinyURL (related to Twitter) • ImageShack: • Also able to store video and website data • Able to connect with a webcam • Does not require registration to use their services • Blogging sites: • Are good options if you only want to use your media in a blog

  6. Free Video Hosting Options • Youtube • http://www.youtube.com/ • TinyPic • http://tinypic.com/ • Photobucket • http://photobucket.com/ • Blogging sites

  7. Compare/Contrast • Youtube: • Well-known • Owned by Google • Can connect with several other accounts (like Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, etc.) • Holds shorter video clips (up to 10 minutes or 2 GB) • Can upload from a webcam • Can be used to create channels • Easy to follow in other accounts • Easily searchable • Supports tagging • Automatically keeps visitor/playback statistics • TinyPic: • Video files cannot be larger than 100 Megabytes or longer than 5 minutes • Supports several different video file types • Supports tagging (but only at initial upload – must be a paid member to edit tags after uploading) • Photobucket: • Mobile/Smart phone-friendly • User-friendly organization • Blogging Sites: • Good if you want to keep your content limited to your blog

  8. Free File Hosting Options • MediaFire (no registration required) • http://www.mediafire.com/ • Megashare • http://upload.megashare.com/ • Sendspace • http://www.sendspace.com/ • Blogging sites

  9. Compare/Contrast • MediaFire • No registration required • Endorsed by such organizations as CNET and PC Magazine • Unlimited storage and access • Upload up to 500 files at once • Easy to share links with intended audience • Paid upgrade means bigger files, up to 2 GB • Megashare • Ability to upload from computer, phone, web, etc. • Free uploading up to 1 GB • Unlimited downloading • Requires registration • Provides link shortening (good for status updates) • Sendspace • No registration required • Files up to 300 MB • Ability to upload multiple files simultaneously

  10. Paid Hosting Options • If your library has significant amounts of data to save and does not have institutional resources available (a shared drive, extra hard drives, etc.), there are several paid options: • Use the free sites until you run out of free space and then simply upgrade to avoid migrating (easiest with services like Flickr) • If you have the funds in hand, you can initiate with a paid service yourself (anticipating stable funding) • Pending funding, you could outsource your data storage to a professional (most expensive option)

  11. What does image/video/file online file hosting mean for libraries? • Allows librarians to keep library content separate from other affiliated institutions (schools, cities, etc.) • Promotes library materials and content easily • Free options empower low-budget libraries • Allows for easy networking and communication between other libraries and patrons

  12. Exercise • Practicing with online hosting: • Use an image off of the class blog at http://nnmclibsummer10.wordpress.com • Download that image to your computer desktop • Upload the image to the image hosting service of your choice • Use the image on the hosting site in a post on your blog

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