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Flickring Libraries

There are so many good reasons for libraries to post photos to Flickr including enticing people to come to programs, encouraging them to come back to your web site again and again, sharing visual collections, etc.
And there are a great many libraries finding cool ways to use Flickr -- here are just a few.

Historical photographs from the Library of Congress

Celebrity Read Posters from Lansing Public Library

A Day in Allen County from Allen County Public Library

Mashups are Amazing

One of the wonderful things about web 2.0 is what happens when one service is combined with another to create something completely new and useful. That's called a mashup, and earth album is one of my favorites. It combines the satellite view of googlemaps with the photo sharing site, flickr. The result is an easy way to find photos of any place on earth. Imagine sharing this with customers who are planning a vacation, or kids who are doing a geography report. Try it out now and take a look at your own home town or places you have traveled to. And if you post your own photos to flickr and tag them by location, you may see them on earth album someday.

Web 2.0 and the Twelve Days of Christmas

Well in the world of 2.0 I posted to the wrong blog. So here is the poem about Web 2.0 and the Twelve Days of Christmas! Lets try this again....

Here is a poem for the season that also helps illustrate all the aspects of Web 2.0. This poem was actually written by a business person, but it still illustrates how 2.0 has touched every aspect of the work world.Enjoy!http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/12/12-days-of-christmas-in-a-web-20-world.html

Where Can I Find Web 2.0 Now?

It’s great to talk about all of this Web 2.0 technology and try to work out how to apply it to the library as Library 2.0, but wouldn’t it be better to see some of this stuff being used in practice now?

Here are some Web 2.0 features and sites that use them now…beyond the social networking (MySpace.com), photo sharing (Flickr.com), video sharing (YouTube.com) and social bookmarking (del.icio.us) sites…

Personalization & User Ratings-
Amazon.com has you log in and will make recommendations for you based on your searches, you shopping and your lists. You can add your comments and reviews to merchandise you see on their site.

User Commenting (like on our blog)-
TBO.com/Tampatrib.com lets readers add comments to the news stories listed in this online edition.

Tagging-
Ann Arbor Library District Catalog allows logged-in card holders to add “tags” or subject headings to the entries which can then be searched or browsed just like the subject headings that the catalogers add,

Collaborative Authoring-
Wikipedia, 'the Free Encyclopedia' that lets anybody log in and create and edit content. It’s a far cry from Britannica, but wildly popular.

“Mashups” (two or more services combined to form a new service)-
Housingmaps.com uses Google Maps and Craigslist to create interactive mapping of houses for sale or rent.

Take a look at a few of these and use the comments feature below to suggest one that you’ve found.

Grassroots Flickr Project

The 365 Library Days Project, is a grassroots community project on Flickr where libraries around the world are posting 365 photos in 365 days. Jennifer brought this to my attention because she sees it as an "interesting (free) way to raise our profile online, and directly support the whole Library 2.0 / Web 2.0 thing. " I think she has a point. As we move forward into the the hands on training sessions, perhaps we could use this as a project. If not, we may use this as a project for teens during OST. Take a look at what some libraries have posted.

Story Time

Clifford 4
Originally uploaded by Penfield Public Library.

Next time you see a flickr photo here it will be from one of our programs!

eAudiobooks billboard (Flickr Test Post)

eAudiobooks billboard 3
Originally uploaded by Alice Sneary.

Wouldn't it be cool to see this on I-275?