I took and uploaded this picture to symbolize how we often get patrons who are surprised to learn that our catalog is online. We turn our lcd monitors toward them to show them how to search; and they say things like, Wow, your stuff is online now. And it's actually more young people than you would guess. (Step away from the myspace! Pry your cell phone from your thumbs! Get your face out of facebook! Catch up with the Web 1.0 stuff that you've missed!)
As far as using Flickr is concerned, I found it rather simple - but that is the point. I've known about Flickr for a good while... and even after this exercise I don't know if I would have any use for it. If I want to share pictures on the web, I would just share the pictures. I have the space and the skills to do it; but some other folks might not have the same resources as me and I can see them finding Flickr useful.
It seems like moderation is definitely not the goal for most Flickr accounts, however. Looks like most users are just dumping everything from their cameras onto the web.
I don't think I would use Flickr in my personal life or professional life at the moment. It will be interesting to look at other posts and see if anyone has thought of anything for Flickr that I haven't.
E. herder: what do you mean you have the space and the skills to share your pics on the web. Do you have a website?
ReplyDeleteI have personal web site access, yes. But what I am referring to is the access I have to my library's web presence. I would not really be too limited by space if I wanted to share photos of an event, for example, with colleagues and patrons.
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