Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Flickr and the Library

As for practical ways to implent Flickr and such into the workplace..
I had a hard time thinking of effective ways to use Flickr at SBBC, particularly with the students. I think it could be a very fun/helpful tool and that it can have a lot of uses in the workplace, especially a school/library. But there isn't enough of a technological foundation here for that to be immensely effective.
I liked a lot of the ideas that I saw other share though... so I will comment on those:
Having a library account could be fun - but I don't know how I could publicize it or get it into more than a few hands. The newsletter, of course, but that may provide a few hoops to jump through first.
Delivr and even the Montager could add a fun dimension to announcements and advertisements, but only to the staff/faculty unless I printed things out, as there isn't much capacity for student contact through email.
I think the most practical idea was searching Flickr for Creative Commons photos to use in the newsletter/flyers/presentations/etc.
That and using it for research - a way to find visual resources - is not something I would've initially thought of.
In the wild imagination side of my brain I had this idea to have some sort of treasure/scavenger hunt using a map with Flickr photos.
I do see a lot of potential .. but this isn't the ideal location to flesh it out. I'll keep in marinating in the back of my mind though and figure out ways to implement it where I can!

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