YouTube EDU

YouTube has launched YouTube EDU, a page that puts all the videos from colleges and universities in one spot. You can now find campus tours, free lectures, research, and other college info all in one place. You can limit your search to the EDU part of YouTube, too. Here is the University of Minnesota page that has 95 videos on topics ranging from HIV prevention to the new stadium.  

MapHappy

Here is an interesting use of a Google map mashup. The University of Minnesota has created a finding aid for its map collections because "Print maps can be difficult to find in the library. MapHappy changes that. Search or Browse all maps held in the multiple library locations across the UMN-Twin Cities campus."(from MapHappy page).

According to the Minitex Reference blog, MapHappy is a Google Maps mashup that provides users with visual information about the location and coverage of print and electronic maps while searching University Libraries collection. A browse feature also allows users to find maps that cover a particular geographic area rather than searching with key terms. All 30,000 maps held in the Twin Cities libraries are discoverable in MapHappy. These resources are still in beta and will be released sometime in January 2009. Note that this is a finding aid for the University's collections; the maps themselves are not online.