Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 Overview

flickr

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What is flickr?

• http://www.flickr.com

• Photo storage and sharing site
• Upload photos
• Describe photos by tagging them
• Share photos with friends and family
• Search and browse millions of photos
• Connect with others through their photos
• Limited account is free
• Unlimited is $25/year

User groups and discussions developed around common themes

• Librarian group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/librariesandlibrarians/

Library Examples

• Photos contributed by patrons  http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfordmemoriallibrary Thomas Ford Public Library
• A Day in Allen County  http://www.flickr.com/photos/acplinfo/sets/72157600028476205/
• Photo Tour of Library http://nplibrary.org/tour-the-library/ North Plains Public Library
• Historic Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogdenny/ Town of Ogden, NY
• READ Posters http://www.flickr.com/groups/readposters/ Photo Pool of personalized READ posters
• Teen Photo Contest http://www.flickr.com/photos/lansinglibrary/ Lansing Public Library
• Building/Expansion Project photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloomingtonlibrary/ Bloomington PL
• Summer Reading photos New York State
• http://www.summerreadingnys.org/libraries/photos.html
• Homer Township Bookmobile anniversary: http://www.flickr.com/photos/homerlibrary/sets/72157600168292117/
• Libraries & Librarians group: (User groups and discussions are created around common themes.) http://www.flickr.com/groups/librariesandlibrarians/
• I Love Libraries flickr set - http://flickr.com/photos/circulating/sets/72157600320196527/
• For many more examples, search flickr users for “library”.
• Bookspace - photos submitted by patrons http://www.flickr.com/photos/hennepincountylibrary/sets/72157594524958856/ (form to submit photos http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/photos.cfm)
• Librarian Trading Cards (collect 12, win a pizza) http://www.flickr.com/photos/80464212@N00/sets/72157602100601598/

More to Explore

• Create sets for your photos. View a photo, select the “add to sets” option above the photo. Name a new set, click ok.
• Create posters, magazine covers, etc with 3rd party tools (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/). Upload projects to flickr. Great teen project. Handy for creating promotional posters for events.
• Geotag your photos. flickr lets you place your photos on a map, providing another way for users to find your photos.
• Explore the idea of visual storytelling. View the group “Visual Storytelling: Tell a story in 5 frames”: http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory
• Color Fields Colr Pickr - http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/ Have fun!
• Pixenate -  http://pixenate.com/ An online photo editor.

Adding flickr to your web site, blog, wiki, whatever...

(See samples of these slide shows and badges)

• PictoBrowser slide show  
• flickrSLIDR slide show
• flickr's badge feature to add a few photos.
• flickr profile from fd flickr toys at bighugelab

• Slide
• Slideoo

   

For More Ideas

• 31 Flavors - Things to Do With Flickr in Libraries - http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=17624
• My Friend flickr http://edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_1803  "On setting students loose in the educationally thrilling but fundamentally ungovernable photo-sharing network."
• Flickr + Libraries = Scary, Scary, Scary to Some People http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/07/flickr-libraries-scary-scary-scary-to-some-folks.html
• Flickr Tutorials http://www.indezine.com/mediamazine/2006/05/flickr-tutorials-series.html
• Steal this idea: flickr for libraries http://tametheweb.com/2006/09/steal_this_idea_flickr_for_lib.html