This is where we post all manner of stuff for promoting the contest. Teens post YouTube videos about how cool AskAway is and we set up a teen "council" that votes on the best video submissions and awards prizes. All to culminate during AskAway week, September 8-12, 2008.
YouTube Contest Flyer
Here are the files for printing your own 8.5 x 11 inch, standard paper, flyers to hand out to your teens, post on bulletin boards and put on your web sites. There are several different files for you to use as meets your needs best, use one or use them all.
Our First Big Press Release (thanks to Mark I. and Renee)
Please use as you see fit. If you have a copy of the original note there's been a change in the "Statewide Availability" paragraph to make sure there's no indication what so ever that the award money is coming from LSTA monies. So use this updated version please. Please let us know of any place or lists you post this Press Release, thanks.
AskAway sponsors YouTube video contest for teens
For the past two years residents across Wisconsin have turned to
AskAway-a free online service staffed by professional librarians 24
hours a day, seven days a week-for reliable answers to all sorts of
questions. Now AskAway is encouraging residents to share their positive
experiences by creating and posting short videos as a part of the “I
Love AskAway” YouTube video contest for teens and young adults.
Entries should consist of an original video that depicts the AskAway
chat service that is available to all state residents at
www.askaway.info. Videos should be 30 to 60 seconds long (longer
videos may be edited), and must either be uploaded to YouTube
www.youtube.com or submitted on DVD or CD-ROM by August 22, 2008.
Complete rules and an application form are available at
To be considered, a video may not contain content that is
inappropriate, people in the video must have agreed to be filmed, and
you may not violate any library policies during the creation of your
video. All entrants also must have completed an application and signed a
release form. Winners will be chosen based on how informative and
entertaining their submission is. Youth services librarians and members
from library teen councils across Wisconsin will judge the videos.
First prize is a $150 Best Buy gift certificate and second prize is a
$75 Best Buy gift certificate. Contest winners will be announced Sept.
2, 2008. Submission deadline is August 22, 2008
The statewide availability of AskAway is made possible, in part by an
LSTA grant administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction along with contributions from participating libraries and
systems. Like BadgerLink, AskAway is an online service that opens
the vast resources of Wisconsin’s libraries to all residents, no matter
where or when they need information.
The 24-hour-a-day AskAway service is staffed by the 24/7 Reference
Consortium-a group of hundreds of libraries across the country that work
together to provide this service-as well as local Wisconsin librarians
who contribute their time to the consortium. Wisconsin residents benefit
from this expanded service.
You can access AskAway at www.askaway.info, or through your local
library’s website.
AskAway Publicity Committee
Renee Ponzio, Chairperson
InfoSoup YouTube contest
The InfoSoup folks, Nicolet Federated Library System, and OWLS combined, has just concluded a YouTube contest with their patrons to create videos about how great InfoSoup is. Here's the link to the contest, rules and results. Should be another really good model for us, plus they are in WI and we know them and they are likely to be involved in our teen efforts too.
I talked with Chrissy and she thought it was a great idea. She is willing to talk to our YA group and even the schools that have A.V. departments etc. She is also willing to post on YAABRs list serv. Now we need to put together rules for entering. As you brought it up Mark I would guess you already have something in mind. Please share with us and we could maybe tweak if necessary by e-mail so it can go out by the end of January. What does everyone think? ok? Did anyone else speak to their YA person who might be willing to talk to their groups and schools too ? We could just post in the library as well.
Thanks
Renee
Questions I have in no particular order
1. age restrictions? or maybe categories? restrict who can enter? if we did who and why
2. time limits? or not
3. I would urge some type of statement about tastefulness (or am I showing my age by that question :-))
4. what format acceptable? on tape? on disc? what else?
5. where do we plan to post? at our Wiki page I would expect, probably You-tube but where else? Do you think local television stations might be willing to show them? what about on our web pages?
6. prizes? where are we going to get them and who is paying for them?what would they be?
7. who is going to be judges?
8. Publicity on winners- who's going to do it and how
9. notification of winner and losers? should we have winners but a place to show all contestants?
10. time frame to get their submissions in - where would they send them?
11. electronic submissions and paper - could they download from WIKI page or would we have paper ones at the libraries? both?
12. Do we want them to add some personal information with their submissions for later publicity?
Regarding putting together rules for entering, taking a look at some libraries' YouTube contests might yield some ideas:
Concerns and Possible Road Blocks
Martha says:
According to a note I received through DPI this morning, YouTube is blocked on computers in public schools in WI. Just a point to keep in mind as we move forward with promoting the teen contest.We envisioned the public libraries as the primary focus for promoting the contest, but the fact that YouTube isn't accessible in school buildings means that school libraries won't be in a good position to help us promote the contest.
Announcing, PR, link locations discussion
Martha says:
messages posted on library/system home pages and WLA pages?
messaging options we can come up with. Any possibility that we could get
about the contest on the DPI AskAway home page, and/or any other web-based
I'm willing to explore the possibility of putting a message
As for posting a message about the contest, I will ask each of our 30
libraries to post the info on their web sites; I will also post it on
the system's home page, Extranet and blog. Our resource library has a
open to that option, I can create the post there myself (I usually blog
there only during WLA and WAPL conferences).
Background stuff to help us out
Here's link to the QP blog posting about the webinar where folks discussed the MTV commercial and the Florida YouTube contest idea. Check it out.
Sample Announcement
I would suggest we screen all videos for appropriate-ness, but judging and awards should come from a teen committee, INCLUSION please>
LEGAL INFORMATION:
Release forms
PRIZES:
What are they and where are we going to get them?????
Video guidelines:
YouTube accepts video files from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones in
the .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG file formats. All videos uploaded to YouTube have a
100MB file size limit. Videos must be 25 to 30 seconds in length (the “Entry”).
DOES THIS MEAN WE CAN’T SAY A VIDEO THAT IS 1-3 MINUTES????
All Entries must comply with the Terms of Use and Code of Conduct of YouTube.com,
located at www.YouTube.com. By entering the Contest, you agree to be bound by the
Terms of Use and Code of Conduct of YouTube.com. At the time of registration you will
be required to acknowledge that you have read and agree to these Official Rules and the
policies, terms and conditions for the YouTube website. Entries must not be
inappropriate, indecent or obscene as determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
Videos that do not satisfy all foregoing criteria will not be considered in the Contest, even
if they are submitted and uploaded during the Entry Period.
Pending the Sponsor’s approval, your video will be posted online and viewed by the
public at
WHAT DO WE WANT HERE?
Limit
You may submit as many Entries as you would like, provided each Entry is entirely
original and that you are eligible to participate in the Contest at time you submit each
Entry. Once an Entry is submitted, you may not edit it or resubmit it with edits.
Copyright
All Entries submitted to the Contest must be original. You must be the sole owner of any
copyright of any video submitted. Your submission of each Entry is your guarantee that
you are the author, creator or sole copyright holder of the video submitted. By
submitting an Entry, you also represent and warrant that the Entries that you submit do
not infringe on the copyright of any other persons or entity and that you have not
submitted the video to any other contest. If the ownership of any Entry is contested in
any manner, the Sponsor may disqualify that Entry.
Rights of Use
You shall retain the copyright to any Entry and all other rights thereto EXCEPT: by
entering the Contest, you agree to have your submitted video displayed on the
YouTube.com website and
WHERE DO WE WANT THEM???
without any fee or without any fee or
other form of compensation. In addition, you hereby grant an unlimited license to the
Sponsor to copy, display, broadcast, distribute or otherwise use your Entry for any purpose, including, but not limited to, promotion of the Sponsor or Sponsor’s products. You also grant the Sponsor unlimited authority to sublicense such rights to any third party, including, but not limited to, affiliated companies, or any trade association such as the American Library Association. You agree that the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right to edit, adapt and publish your Entry and may use it in any media in association with the Contest without attribution or compensation to the Entrant, his or her successors or assignees or any other entity. You agree that the Sponsor will not be liable to you or to any third party for any editing, adaptation, modification and/or publication of any Entry. Publicity and Advertising Except where prohibited, participation in the Contest constitutes irrevocable consent to the Sponsor and their agents to use, record reproduce, publish, display, perform, translate, and distribute, the names, likeness, voices, quotations, opinions and biographical information of Entrant, including without limitation, any photograph or recording for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration; and the name, likeness, voice and biographical information of any natural person appearing in the Entry, including without limitation any photograph or recording, for any promotional purpose in any media, worldwide, and/or for any other commercial or non-commercial corporate purpose, including without limitation use on merchandise or for marketing, without attribution or further payment or compensation to the Entrant, his or her successors or assigns or anyother entity.
PERSONAL INFORMATION and PRIVACY POLICy
Information collected by AskAway statewide publicity committee in conjunction with The You-tube AskAway contest will not be sold, disputed or shared with any other entity and will only be used to contact entrant in direct relation to the contest. The personal information collected through the Contest is subject to Sponsor's privacy policy (above) and to YouTube's privacy policy set forth at www.youtube.com/t/privacy.
DISPUTES
Except where prohibited, Entrant agrees that: any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively in the federal or state courts located in State of Wisconsin, and the Entrant consents to the exercise of personal jurisdiction over them by any such courts for purposes of any such action or proceeding. Entrants will not be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Entrants further agree that any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys' fees. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Florida.
SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR
AskAway Statewide Publicity Committee
DIRECTORS RELEASE FORM
ASKAWAY YOU-TUBE
CONTEST
I, (please print)___________________________________________, hereby grant permission to
AskAway Statewide Publicity Committee, agent for AskAway, to create, copy, reproduce, exhibit, publish, or distribute my image to be submitted as part of the online promotion on Their WIKI page or other webpages, print or other media. I have read and understand the contest rules posted at my local library or their website. and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions in the rules.
My entry is entitled ___________________________________, and I submitted it to YouTube.com to
Wisconsin AskAway You-tube contest under the screen name _______________________________________.
I understand that the above uses may include, but are not limited to, videotapes, photographs, websites, multimedia programs or other types of promotional medium existing now or in the future. I further understand that by granting this permission I am giving up all rights and claims to monetary compensation for any future use of this material by Wisconsin AskAway statewide Publicity Committee for the promotion of the Ask a Librarian program. I have read and agree to be bound by all of the provisions of the Official Rules posted on at The AskAway WIKI website. I understand that all claims for damages or injuries arising out of, or in connection with, this contest shall be determined and settled in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any award rendered therein shall be binding on each and all of the parties thereto and their personal representatives, and judgment thereon can be entered thereon in any court of competent jurisdiction. A parent or guardian signing is doing so individually and on behalf of the minor and warrants he/she has the authority to sign on behalf of the minor.
____________________________________
Signature of minor _____________________________________
Print name of parent or guardian (if student is under 18 years old) _____________________________________
Signature of parent or guardian individually and on behalf of the minor _____________________________________
School ___________________________________
School address ___________________________________
School city, state, ZIP
Return via mail to:
Via Fax:
Via email (scanned copies):
Sample Talent Release Form
TALENT RELEASE FORM
ASKAWAY YOU-TUBE
CONTEST
I, (please print)___________________________________________, hereby grant permission to
AskAway Statewide Publicity Committee, agent for AskAway, to create, copy, reproduce, exhibit, publish, or distribute my image to be submitted as part of the online promotion on Their WIKI page or other webpages, print or other media. I have read and understand the contest rules posted at my local library or their website. and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions in the rules.
My entry is entitled ___________________________________, and I submitted it to YouTube.com to
Wisconsin AskAway You-tube contest under the screen name _______________________________________.
I understand that the above uses may include, but are not limited to, videotapes, photographs, websites, multimedia programs or other types of promotional medium existing now or in the future. I further understand that by granting this permission I am giving up all rights and claims to monetary compensation for any future use of this material by Wisconsin AskAway statewide Publicity Committee for the promotion of the Ask a Librarian program. I have read and agree to be bound by all of the provisions of the Official Rules posted on the AskAway WIKI website. I understand that all claims for damages or injuries arising out of, or in connection with, this contest shall be determined and settled in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any award rendered therein shall be binding on each and all of the parties thereto and their personal representatives, and judgment thereon can be entered thereon in any court of competent jurisdiction. A parent or guardian signing is doing so individually and on behalf of the minor and warrants he/she has the authority to sign on behalf of the minor.
____________________________________
Signature of minor _____________________________________
Print name of parent or guardian (if student is under 18 years old) _____________________________________
Signature of parent or guardian individually and on behalf of the minor _____________________________________
Home address ____________________________________
Home city, state, ZIP ___________________________________
School ___________________________________
School address ___________________________________
School city, state, ZIP
Return via mail to:
Via Fax:
Via email (scanned copies):
Ask a Librarian
AskAway uses QuestionPoint, a collaborative reference service created by the Library of Congress and the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). QuestionPoint helps libraries work together to provide authoritative answers to your questions.
Ask a librarian for answers to your questions through a service provided by libraries and AskAway librarians, a group of public and academic libraries from throughout the state in cooperation with other libraries around the country. You can use either Live Chat or E-mail to ask a question.
Select Live Chat and one of the librarians on duty around the state or around the country will begin a chat session with you to answer your question or help you find the information you need. Live Chat is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Select E-mail and a Reference Services librarian from your local Library will answer your question with an e-mail reply. E-mail us anytime and we will respond as soon as possible during library hours, generally within 24 hours.
Winners will be selected on how well they follow the rules and on how informative and entertaining their submission is. The statewide AskAway publicity committee will judge the videos. Decisions of the judges are final.
You may not violate any library policies during the creation of your video
You must have filled out our application and signed a release form
People who are included in your video must have agreed to be filmed.
To be considered your video may not contain content that is inappropriate.
OTHER STUFF TO KNOW:
You must have either placed your video on You-tube or send us a video or CD of your submission by June 31st, 2008. Winners will be announced September 2, 2008.
DEADLINE:
Your video needs to be between 1 and 3 minutes
LENGTH:
Create an original video that depicts the “AskAway”
chat service.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
Have experience creating videos or just want to try your hand at it? This is a great way to have some fun and win a few prizes in the process.
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