University Libraries Video Competition Voting

The University Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of the University Libraries Video Competition. The purpose of the video competition was to promote library resources and services while encouraging students to create collaborative teams and show the library from the student perspective. Teams were given a set of requirements including time limits, required locations and a product free of copyright material.

Nine teams entered the competition in February. In early April, a panel of judges selected four videos as finalists. The four finalist’s videos were uploaded to the library website for public vote. Voting started Sunday, April 11 and ran through Friday, April 16. During that week, more than 1800 votes were cast to determine final rankings.

All participants who completed a video were given t-shirt designed specially for the competition. Prizes were awarded for first through fourth place. The prizes included camcorders, tripods, iPod Nanos and iPod Shuffles.

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

First place:

Good Research vs. Bad Research
[1]

Team Leader: Josh Sahib, College of Communication and Information Sciences, Master of Library and Information Studies
Team Members:
• Jana Motes, College of Communication and Information Sciences, Telecommunication and Film
• Sydney Prather, New College, Cultural Understanding through Visual and Textual Media

Second Place:

Final Cut Doh
[2]

Team Leader: Adam Roper, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, Criminal Justice and Accounting
Team Members:
• John Michael Simpson, New College, Interdisciplinary Studies
• Walker Donaldson, College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science/History

Third Place:

Spy Boy Spy: Library Mission Impossible
[3]

Team Leader: Alex Jones, College: Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, Marketing
Team Members:
• Dustin Hawkins, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, Marketing

Fourth Place:

Canterlibrary Tales
[4]

Team Leader: Cedrick Alexander, College of Communication and Information Sciences, Journalism
Team Members:
• Mitch DeAnda, College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science
• Jarvis Halsey, College of Arts & Sciences, Music Administration

Voting Closed

Which video provides the most entertaining introduction to the University Libraries?