Introduction to FlickrJuliet Crawford Schwab

IST 600 Social Networking in LibrariesSyracuse Univesity

July 29, 2011

Introduction

PhotostreamUploading picturesContactsGroupsUsing Flickr in libraries

Home

Photostream

Sets

Tags

Popular

Organize and Create

Maps

Uploading

Contacts

Contact list

Who calls you a contact?

Groups

Group photo pools

Library groups

Here are examples of library groups:Libraries and Librarians - Please tag the i

mages you add! (3,777 members)

ALAannual11 (162 members) University of Washington Libraries (76

members) Library of Congress (212 members) Show us your Library 2.0! (192 members)

Library group photo stream

Individual libraries

In my contact list I’ve added a few libraries with their own photostreams:

Library of CongressBeinecke Library (rare books library at

Yale)Graduate Theological Union ArchivesNew York Public Library

Library of Congress photos

Ideas for using Flickr in libraries

Virtual library tourEvent promotionShare historical photosCreate postersShare pictures of library staff and

volunteersShow pictures of book covers for reading

listsExplore The Commons – digital photo

collections from archives around the world

More resources

Flickr for Libraries (slideshow)

http://www.slideshare.net/nengard/flickr-for-libaries

How to: Make Flickr Work for Your Library – 50+ Resources

http://www.collegedegrees.com/blog/2008/06/24/how-to-make-flickr-work-for-your-library-50-resources/

Steal This Idea: Flickr for Librarians

http://tametheweb.com/2006/09/steal_this_idea_flickr_for_lib.html