In a Vancouver Law Librarian Blog post highlighting Gowlings' 2010 Trendwatch Report, which uses video to present 5 of the 6 legal trend items, Steve Matthews comments "I can't help but think this is going to be a big year for video."

I can't help but agree!  For example, just last week Slaw featured several posts that discuss online delivery of multimedia content to the legal community including:

• Non-Print Guides to Legal Research

• The LCO and e-Learning

• E-Learning Changing the Face of Law

• A comment by Daniel Poulin pointing out that the Supreme Court case Canada (Prime Minister) v. Khadr, 2010 SCC 3 includes a link to video content in paragraph 7.

Courthouse Libraries BC has recently introduced two new videos of potential interest to the legal community.  These are "How To" videos that demonstrate how to use the new Clicklaw HelpMap and how (and why) to set up an account on the Courthouse Libraries BC website.  

Here's our video demonstrating the top 5 things you can do on the Clicklaw HelpMap (on , embedded below):

And here's our video demo on how to create an account on our website in 90 seconds or less plus the 3 main benefits of creating a website account (on , embedded below - also available in larger format on our website):

We're increasingly convinced that video can be a very effective format for online instruction and have more video content in the works for 2010.  If you have any feedback on our new videos, please let us know.