Most of the services we have studied to date have had little or no application to my hobby, ancient coin collecting. Image my surprise to discover 158 youtube videos on ancient coins! Quite a few had been done by Gregory Zorzos, from Athens, Greece, who has written more than 250 books, board games and cdroms about ancient and modern history. Since I do not speak Greek, I have never read any of his work, but recognize his name. Since a video is visual, I can learn a bit more about him and his research.
I selected his video Coins with Sphinx. This video lasts 4:55 minutes, and is accompanied by singing (anyone out there know what language? while the language may be Greek, it sounded German). A sphinx is a winged lion with a woman's head or a woman with the paws, claws and breasts of a lion, a serpent's tail and eagle wings.
I liked this site! I am now a YouTube member, and have subscribed to Mr. Zorzos site, so I will be notified when he adds to his site. It would have been nice to been able to search within a playlist -- I was looking at a playlist with over 200 videos, and had to look through 20 pages.
I think the visual aspect of this site could be interesting if applied to library websites. Visuals are a great way to capture people's attention, and give them the urge to explore more.
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