Photo Sharing

A popular photo sharing siteA popular photo sharing site

Founded 2004 by 2 Founded 2004 by 2 CanadiansCanadians

Stewart Butterfield Stewart Butterfield

Caterina FakeCaterina Fake

Bought by Yahoo in 2005Bought by Yahoo in 2005

26 million users26 million users

Well over 2 billion ImagesWell over 2 billion Images

Definition:

“An online photo management and sharing application”

- Flickr (2009)

What can you do?

Upload, organize and tag photosUpload, organize and tag photos

Create Sets, Collections and GalleriesCreate Sets, Collections and Galleries

Comment on photosComment on photos

Create slideshows, download imagesCreate slideshows, download images

Create RSS feeds of imagesCreate RSS feeds of images

Embed in blogEmbed in blog

Archives & Special Collections

Lets check it out

http://flickr.com

Exploring Flickr

Popular Tags (tag clouds)Popular Tags (tag clouds)

Getty Image collectionGetty Image collection

Flickr CommonsFlickr Commons

Creative CommonsCreative Commons

Copyright

Lies with the creator of the contentLies with the creator of the content

Creative Commons Licensing Creative Commons Licensing

Copyright restrictionsCopyright restrictions

Downloading, viewing and using photosDownloading, viewing and using photos

Searching Flickr

Basic SearchBasic Search

Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

NoteNote: Flickr is a user generated image : Flickr is a user generated image database with user generated classifications database with user generated classifications in the form of tags. in the form of tags.

Flickr for Academia

Subject Specific CollectionsSubject Specific Collections

NCSU Special Collections

Stanford MedicineStanford Medicine

Marketing / PR Tool for UniversitiesMarketing / PR Tool for Universities

Showcase research, campuses, student engagementShowcase research, campuses, student engagement

Ryerson Library, University of TorontoRyerson Library, University of Toronto

Flickr for Academia

Create CommunitiesCreate Communities

Foster an environment of collaborationFoster an environment of collaboration

Class engagementClass engagement

Interact with other colleaguesInteract with other colleagues

Package Design Class Spring 2010Package Design Class Spring 2010

Create Slide LibrariesCreate Slide Libraries

Billions of photos, millions under creative commonsBillions of photos, millions under creative commons

Hands on

Advanced Flickr SearchingAdvanced Flickr Searching

http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/

Geotagged map of photosGeotagged map of photos

http://www.flickr.com/map/http://www.flickr.com/map/