Flickr and Libraries: Using a Photosharing Tool to Promote and Enhance

Library Services

Dr. Curtis R. RogersCommunications Director, SC

State LibraryMay 16, 2008

What we’ll cover

• How to sign up with flickr (works with Yahoo account)

• Look at the social networking components and other functions of flickr

•See what libraries are doing in flickr

•[Discussion/Q&A] ask a question at ANY TIME!!!

Free accounts• 100 MB per calendar

month• 3 sets• Views limited to 200

most recent images• Post any photos in up

to 10 group pools

PRO accounts• Unlimited photo uploads (20MB per

photo)• Unlimited video uploads (90 seconds

max)• Unlimited storage• Unlimited bandwidth• Unlimited photosets• Archiving of high-resolution original

images• The ability to replace a photo• Post any of your photos or videos in up

to 60 group pools• Ad-free browsing and sharing • View count and referrer statistics

Social Networking

Comment on images

Groups

Discussions

Pools

Library image collections

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2449487322/

Thank you!

Dr. Curtis R. RogersSC State Librarycrogers@statelibrary.sc.govcrr29061@yahoo.com

http://curtisrogers.blogspot.com/

803-734-8928