Education theories promote engaging student where they are at in the online environment. The proliferation of what is referred to as Web 2.0 tools provide such an opportunity for academic libraries, i.e.to engage students where they are in the online environment. This introduction looks at YouTube and how it can be used in academic libraries

1. Sharing Video on YoutubeFatima Darries9 June 2010, TUT, Pretoria

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4. Users can upload, share and view, and comment on videos

5. It was created in February 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim

6. In November 2006, bought by Google

7. It uses Adobe Flash Video technology for user generated video and also movie clips

8. Registered viewers can upload, everyone can view

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