In addition to creating promotional videos of their programs, a number of history departments have created YouTube channels. These channels are specific sites on YouTube where individuals or organizations can upload and organize the videos that they make available to the rest of the websites' viewers. The creation of departmental channels reflects a trend of many universities creating channels to promote their activities and accomplishment. Some schools have been quite aggressive in this manner. For example, it seems that every college at the University of Southern California has a channel of its own.
The quality of history department channels is an altogether different matter. Some are maintained quite regularly and others have seen little attention since they went up. It is also clear that some departments are not sure what to do with this type of outlet. It reminds one of what departmental websites looked like in the mid-1990s.
Some departments prefer to hang videos off their own servers, making them part of their own unique website. That seems like a good way to control the copyright, content, and usage, but the downside is that it is probably less likely to get an audience if the purpose of the videos is promotional. The content is the real key. Video recordings of conferences seems to be a popular feature. Others include graduation ceremonies—for those institutions that have those type of events by department—lecture series, promotional videos of the department and of individual courses, and videos that various professors use as course content. The channels listed below come from universities in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States:
The quality of history department channels is an altogether different matter. Some are maintained quite regularly and others have seen little attention since they went up. It is also clear that some departments are not sure what to do with this type of outlet. It reminds one of what departmental websites looked like in the mid-1990s.
Some departments prefer to hang videos off their own servers, making them part of their own unique website. That seems like a good way to control the copyright, content, and usage, but the downside is that it is probably less likely to get an audience if the purpose of the videos is promotional. The content is the real key. Video recordings of conferences seems to be a popular feature. Others include graduation ceremonies—for those institutions that have those type of events by department—lecture series, promotional videos of the department and of individual courses, and videos that various professors use as course content. The channels listed below come from universities in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States:
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Acadia University
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University of California, Irvine
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University of Delaware
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University of Essex
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London School of Economics
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Marquette University
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University of Maryland
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University of Massachusetts
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Middle Tennessee State
University
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Monmouth University
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University of Nebraska
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University of New Mexico
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University
of North Carolina
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Northern Illinois
University
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The Ohio State University
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Oregon State University
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Department of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences (youtube.com or departmental site)
Pittsburgh
State University
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University of Sheffield
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Stetson University
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U.S. Military Academy
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University of Wisconsin
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University of York
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