MIXED MEDIA

This morning I checked out the Toronto Star newspaper (on-line version, of course). Toronto is one of my favorite cities. I'm totally enamored with the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). So I frequently check out their newspaper to see what's going on around the town to see if it's time to cash in some frequent flyer miles again.

There is a lot of "same-old, same-old" stuff in today's paper, but I noticed one article about a Toronto vocalist, Martina Sorbara, who now works out of London. I clicked onto her "teaser" listing and got the article about her and her group, and wouldn't you just know it...a link to a YouTube video of one of her latest songs. It's pretty cool! It's also cool seeing a newspaper have a digital version with links to other elements of today's digital world. And don't forget that getting to know your way around YouTube is one of the "23 things" that librarians should add to their toolbox, as pointed out in the recent SirsiDynix web-seminar (webinar).

NOTE: SINCE I MADE THE ORIGINAL POST FROM THE STAR'S LINK, SOME COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE YouTube SITE THAT USE OBSCENE LANGUAGE. DO NOT VIEW IF YOU FIND THIS SORT OF THING OFFENSIVE.

Check out the paper and the video at............. http://www.thestar.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLeOiDF99Yo