Sa-Hali Secondary School is a grade 8 to 12 secondary located in Kamloops, British Columbia.

The student population is approximately 850 and could be considered homogenous, except for a small international student program. The school culture has traditionally focused on academics and athletics, but has been lagging behind other schools in the district in the use of emerging technologies in education. The teacher population is in the midst of significant changes as senior staff who determined and directed school culture begins to retire. While some staff are reluctant to embrace the use of simple computer tools like email, younger staff are very comfortable in a Web 2.0 environment. One tool that all staff and all students are comfortable with, though, is the use of video as a teaching and learning tool. The current video collection at Sa-Hali is predominantly VHS. Weeding has been happening on a yearly basis, but certain series and heavily used titles which have not been digitized remain in the collection until such time as they can be transferred to DVD format. Students and staff alike frequently default to YouTube to find information to serve their needs, especially for short videos. Based on the frequently stated need for shorter clips and also the need for current information to support new science curricula at the grade 8 to 10 levels, an on-demand system of streaming video seemed a likely route to avoid costly DVD purchases on individual topics. Streaming video service also addresses the perceived need for screened informational videos that can be easily accessed by students. Streaming video can be accessed in the same manner as digital databases currently available to staff and students through the school web page. The current platform for the school web page is Moodle, so individual teachers can set up video links easily in course pages, or students can access the entire video catalogue through the links on the school home page. Teachers and students will be able to have individual accounts and should be able to upload or download video as needed. Choosing a streaming video service for school-wide use is surprisingly challenging as there are few tools to assist the teacher librarian or information technician in choosing the most appropriate service. When investigating streaming video services, ideas outside of collection building which must be taken into consideration are: a. the ability of the school's network to host streaming video, either on its own server or through the server of the service provider and, b. security of personal information, as some systems are based in the United States and personal information stored on American servers can be considered unsafe, as it is open to access under the Patriot Act. In considering collection building, streaming video services should have high quality videos from a wide variety of authoritative providers, the ability for teachers to download videos as needed, ease of embedding into a variety of Web 2.0 tools, ease of searching for specific types of videos, Canadian content for curricular purposes (particularly Social Studies), wide topic choice and grade level choice. Setting up security parameters and user rights should be easily managed by the teacher librarian and/or school information technician. Finding this kind of information is not easily done and could take the individual teacher librarian a significant amount of research time, as this technological service is still in its infancy for the school setting. When initially searching for streaming video services, the teacher librarian may come upon services provided by traditional video material providers. However, it is always wise to compare possible services, especially if purchasing for an individual school, as opposed to being part of a district purchasing program. In British Columbia, the Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC), notes that B.C. is one of the last jurisdictions in North American where VHS is still used by most educators. In a way, this allows BC school districts the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of others and to purchase services which are further along in development, with many start-up problems already solved. In 2009, ERAC published the online document, Building a Streaming Video Plan. This

document focuses on only four services: CCC, MonD, Discovery Education Streaming, and Learn 360. It compares the services on: Content: ERAC-evaluated and Ministry-Recommended; BC Curriculum and grade-correlated; Canadian and international; and includes the best of multiple producers and sources. Usability: Reliable access, simple and advanced search functionality, MARC records, ability to download, ability to add local products, teacher guides and professional development. Infrastructure: Responses to bandwidth challenges, reliable access, records management and licensing/copyright management. ERAC also comments on possible challenges to delivery of services and other pilot projects in the field which could improve services and cost-effectiveness. This document is an excellent introduction to the selection process and analyzes 4 services which provide Canadian content. For a more comprehensive list of streaming video services, the American Library Association provides a comparative table of vendors in the United States and Canada, as part of the Video Roundtable services. These services include Guidelines for Media Resources in Academic Libraries. The vendor list is extensive and is fully linked, giving the teacher librarian an opportunity to view services. This is strictly a listing which compares features, but does not evaluate services. It was a pleasant surprise to see Canadian resources listed, including CBC and NFB. When investigating CBC Learning services, though, streaming video did not seem to be listed among the current products. A key source of excellent information about technology to enhance student learning is the School Library Journal and, in particular, Joyce Valenza's blog. In 2006, Joyce created an excellent list of resources which is worth considering, especially for teacher librarians looking for open source or news-related tools. Dr Valenza also notes that where internet resources are fully accessible, Yahoo, Google and YouTube are useful tools that shouldn't be neglected.