Through Delicious I found the SlideShare website and recognized it as the service that hosts Peter Bromburg's RSS slide show.
http://www.slideshare.net/
The site has a tag list so users can browse for slide shows they might be interested in. Slideshows can be shared, commented on, added as a favorite (and thus easy to find again) or downloaded. Slideshows can also be embedded into a blog for website.
What really intrigues me is the possibilities for libraries. Using SlideShare it would be very easy to set up a simple tutorial to explain anything from how to get a library card to how to set up an email account that can be embedded into the library's web page. I think SlideShare would especially be useful for patrons who aren't as tech-savvy and who might not have headphones or speakers set up on their computer (or who do but don't want to mess around with them) to listen to a screen cast or video. Also, SlideShare allows the viewer to go at their own pace, unlike a video format. SlideShare would also be good for making a tutorial available to a hearing impaired patron.
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