Ask a Librarian Director's Chair Contest

Here are the steps you need to take to submit your video to The Director's Chair YouTube contest.

1. Sign up for a YouTube account. If you already have one, then you’re one step ahead of the rest of ‘em. If you need one, just go to www.youtube.com, click on “Sign up,” and follow the steps.

2. Join The Director’s Chair YouTube group. Visit
www.youtube.com/group/thedirectorschair and click “Join this group.”

3. Upload your video to YouTube. When you upload to YouTube, you are agreeing to their Terms of Use.

4. Submit your video to The Director’s Chair group. Click on “Add to group” beneath your video. Choose “thedirectorschair” from the list of groups.

5. Fill out a Director’s Release Form. Be sure to include the title of your video and your YouTube Screen name so that we can match it up with your video. (We encourage creative titles!)

6. Collect completed Talent Release Forms from everyone who appears in your video. And we mean EVERYONE!

7. Send all completed forms to us by January 17, 2009. Email them to thedirectorschair@tblc.org, fax them to (813) 628-4425 or mail them to:

The Director’s Chair
c/o Tampa Bay Library Consortium
1202 Tech Blvd., Suite 202
Tampa, FL 33619

8. You’re done! We’ll send you a message through your YouTube account when we’ve approved and posted your video to our group page.

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