Transcript Using Flickr @ your library

Using Flickr @
Reading Public Library
Andrea Mercado
Reference & Techie Librarian
Reading Public Library
http://www.readingpl.org
Why use Flickr?
• Even the free account is good stuff
• Pro account isn’t too pricey
• Accessible via the web from just about anywhere
• Easy and fun to use
• Everyone else is doing it
• Experience with the concept of social networking
• Experience with folksonomies and tagging
What we’re doing with Flickr now
• Online photo storage & management
− Easy upload, sort, & detail editing
− The joy of tags
• Internal sharing
− Public vs. Private
• Easy photo posting on web site
− Prefab HTML coding
• Teaching patrons to use the service
http://www.flickr.com/photos/re
adingpl/
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http://www.readingpl.org
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Ideas for Flickr in the future
• Slideshows at conferences & library
events
• Photo “blogging” through Flickr
• Potential online collections (it’s not just
for photos!)
• Social networking with libraries/librarians
• Flickr Badge for home page
• Possibilities for all sorts of fun
http://www.flickr.com/photos/re
adingpl/sets/620344/show/
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http://www.flickr.com/find.gne?
q=library
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Policy Fun
• Permission & privacy
• Collection development
• Guidelines for social networking
participation
• Process madness
• We’re still figuring it all out
More information & contact
• “Get Flickr-tastic!” WebJunction article:
http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11260
• Download this presentation &
“Putting Your Images on the Web Using Flickr”
Reading Public Library class handout
http://www.librarytechtonics.info/presentations/webjunction/
• Contact me:
Andrea Mercado
Reference & Techie Librarian
Reading Public Library
[email protected]
• My blog: http://www.LibraryTechtonics.info