Using Flickr Reading Public Library

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Using Flickr _at_ Reading Public Library

• Andrea Mercado
• Reference Techie Librarian
• Reading Public Library
• http//www.readingpl.org

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Why use Flickr?

• Even the free account is good stuff
• Pro account isnt 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

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What were 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

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http//www.flickr.com/photos/readingpl/

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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 (its not just for
  photos!)
• Social networking with libraries/librarians
• Flickr Badge for home page
• Possibilities for all sorts of fun

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http//www.flickr.com/photos/readingpl/sets/620344
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http//www.flickr.com/find.gne?qlibrary

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http//www.exeterpubliclibrary.org/

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Policy Fun

• Permission privacy
• Collection development
• Guidelines for social networking participation
• Process madness
• Were still figuring it all out

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More information contact

• Get Flickr-tastic! WebJunction
  articlehttp//webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?
  id11260
• Download this presentation Putting Your Images
  on the Web Using FlickrReading Public Library
  class handouthttp//www.librarytechtonics.info/pr
  esentations/webjunction/
• Contact meAndrea MercadoReference Techie
  LibrarianReading Public Librarymercado_at_noblenet.
  org
• My blog http//www.LibraryTechtonics.info