Post on 11-Feb-2017
what does this have to with libraries?Gifs are information.
Gifs are communication.
Gifs are their own kind of literacy.
Gifs let you remix ideas and culture.
Gifs are also cool!
Telling a Story “If you've seen any coverage of North Dakota's oil boom, you've seen the images — oil rigs, truck traffic, ‘man camps,’ miles of temporary housing.
But there is something about this place that just can't be captured by a still photograph. It's a feeling you get when you cruise down an endless highway under a vast, big sky — until suddenly: BOOM. You're wedged between semi-trucks dwarfing what was once a quiet farm town.”
Ken Barcus, http://n.pr/1hCcVj7
storytelling & digital literacy & Teens Oh my!“Today we
shouldn't consider someone literate if they can consume but
not produce media.”
Henry Jenkinshenryjenkins.org/2006/07/
behind_the_scenes_at_pop_studi_1.html
The smithsonian librarieshttp://smithsonianlibraries.tumblr.com/
New york public libraryhttp://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/gif/1533
Digital public library of americaGIF it Up Contest - Users compete to create the best gifs using public domain materials
http://dp.la/info/gif-it-up/
Austin public libraryhttp://library.austintexas.gov/blog-entry/play-guess-gif-pt-2-classic-romantic-comedies-313450
Guess the romantic comedy from the gif - answers have links to the films in their catalog!
University of Missouri Librarieshttp://muspeccoll.tumblr.com/
Special Collections and University Archives augment their collections with gifs
Carleton University Library in Ottawa, Canadahttp://arccarleton.tumblr.com/
Gif Resources
➔Imgflip
➔GIPHY
➔imgur
➔Gif Brewery ($)
➔Gifx
◆ also Boomerang
➔Vine
➔GIMP tutorial
➔Photoshop ($$$)