# 16

I enjoyed looking at Flickr and YouTube and found some of the photographic images and videos interesting and sometimes, quite entertaining.
I chose mainly subjects that were of personal interest or those that could be of an instructional or educational nature. For example, I looked at videos on:
How to knit, Sunbury Pop Festival in the 1970s, Remembering Eddie Mabo, Improving your basketball skills, factual information about the Platypus and, How it's made: Ballet Slippers (Science Hack). The print version of The age carried a brief article about Leonard Cohen collapsing during a concert this week which also said that it could be viewed on YouTube so I also went looking for that - as an example of current reporting but also to see if I could find it easily!
Photographs on Flickr varied enormously but good quality images seem to be available for almost any subject.

I could imagine referring people to these sources as part of their research and I liked the historical aspects of the Sunbury and Eddie Mabo videos for this reason. The practical and factual information is also good and is especially pertinent for people who may not be literate and learn more easily by listening and / or watching. Perhaps there are some suitable links available for library research guides.

I dislike the advertising associated with some sites, especially those that are animated.