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Posted September 22nd, 2008 by Greg
A library patron needs some books. Famous, award-winning, acclaimed books. Seems simple enough. And yet... Video produced in recognition of Banned Books Week, September 27-October 4, 2008, and in cooperation with ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. Transcript (Opens in new window or tab).
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Banned Books Week
Okay, that's different. But hey, they are banned.
Banned Books
I guess you missed the point then. They shouldn't be banned <8-|
We'd like to download this
We'd like to download this video and show it on a loop in our reference area next week. Has anyone been able to download one of these formats and insert it into a powerpoint presentation? We'd like to include this into our Banned Books Week display presentation.
Downloading
We welcome you to download AL Focus videos for your use. Instructions are available at http://alfocus.ala.org/how-download-al-focus-videos. Thanks for your interest!
Download
Maybe I missed something (highly likely), but the instructions on the "how to download" seem to tell us how to save a permanent link, not download the video. The link is okay when I'm teaching in a room equipped with WiFi, but not all of our classrooms are. Is there a way to actually download the video?
Download
I think so... you can download the video via our page on blip.tv, which is alfocus.blip.tv. There, click on "Episode Archive" -- it's the black button in the upper right. On the episode archive page, click on the video you want to download to go to its page. There, scroll down to find "Files and Links" -- it's a collapsed menu on the right-hand side, and you'll probably have to scroll down past the first screen to reach it. Click on the plus sign to expand the menu, and you'll have four download options. The first is just a still image from the video, but the other three are the video itself in Quicktime, MPEG-4, or Flash Video format. Click on the "Right Click > Save" link to save the file. (If you're on a Mac, you'll have to Control-Click on the link, and the select "Save Link As".) Once the file downloads, you may also need to download a player that can handle the file type if one is not already installed on your computer. Quicktime, for example, is a free download from Apple (www.apple.com/quicktime/download/) to play Quicktime (.mov) files.
Good luck, and please let me know if there are any other problems.
video
nice...I like it...