Week 6:
First: I did not find this easy! I have completed all of the other 7 weeks, and had to come back to this one. Step 3 could have been more specific. Why not just say "Use Flickr Photos Application"??? I had to ask for assistance from a colleague. And then I had made my photos "private" on Flickr and didn't know that would prevent me from posting on my Facebook and blog. I needed to know more about "blog this."
BUT, I finally got past my (self-made?) roadblacks and got everything posted. It was a good learning experience--as every week has been.
The Library of Congress use of Flickr is very interesting. A "second chance" for all those photos we say we're going tolabel and never do. Our library archives has some pictures that need to be identified. Our school is about 35 years old, so many of the unidentified photos are not that old; this method could be helpful.
Our library began exploring IRs several years ago with the goal of posting faculties' slides. Flickr could have helped with that. The school had licensed "Cumulus" which wasn't very robust. There were some questions of copyright...and things went a different direction.
Anatomy and physiology photos could be posted to assist students in learning to ID body parts. Still photos could be used to instruct patrons on how to use various library resources. (Still photos lacking audio might not be the best way ultimately, but it might be a way to start.)
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