The InfoTubey Awards

The first InfoTubey awards were extremely well received, and the second ones tonight were no less popular.  The InfoTubey awards recognize excellence in library-related videos.  The videos were required to demonstrate marketing or innovation, demonstrate the library’s services, or convey the value of the library to the community.

ITI’s VP of Technology, Bill (“InfoDiddy”) Spence, hosted the award ceremony.

The awards were judged by an elite committee of judges.  Here they are, with the InfoTubey awards in the foreground.

(L-R) Bill Spence (at podium), Rebecca Jones, Marshall Breeding, Darlene Fichter, Kathy Dempsey, and Aaron Schmidt

Here are the 2008 InfoTubey winners:

The Amazing Library 101 Challenge
University of Ottawa, Morisset Library
Ottawa, Ontario

Accepted by Rosemary Swan (L), Division des systèmes / Systems Division. Presented by Rebecca Jones

DePauw University Libraries Visual Resource Center – Introduction
DePauw University Libraries
Greencastle, Indiana

Accepted by Caroline Gilson (L), Science Librarian, and Brooke Cox, (Center) Visual Resources Librarian. Presented by Aaron Schmidt (R).

MCLS Year of the Teen 2007
Monroe County Library System
Monroe, Michigan

Accepted by Paula Loop, Web Designer. Presented by Marshall Breeding.

Now Your Library is Open Late Night, Too!
QandANJ.org
Gibbsboro, New Jersey

Accepted by Beth Cackowski (L), QandANJ.org Project Coordinator. Presented by Kathy Dempsey (R)

Library Zombies
Allen County Public Library
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Accepted by Sean Robinson, IT Manager. Presented by Darlene Fichter.

Don Hawkins
Columnist, Information Today and CIL 2008 Blog Coordinator

Acknowledgement:  Thanks to Bill Spence for his kindness in giving me the list of award winners and the links to their videos in advance of tonight’s ceremony.  This allowed me to publish this article to the blog at the completion of the ceremony.