tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653607.post1783998583134090983..comments2024-03-23T13:46:57.096-04:00Comments on Connie Crosby: Should Other Archival Photograph Collections Move to Flickr Commons?Connie Crosbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049314387546446951noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653607.post-34956141025858753052008-01-31T13:08:00.000-05:002008-01-31T13:08:00.000-05:00It would be nice to somehow hook up some of the di...It would be nice to somehow hook up some of the digitization people (Open Content Alliance?) and people expert on the library side of things (Rick Prelinger?) with endangered photo archives, like the National Defence photos<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://scilib.typepad.com/science_library_pad/2006/05/national_defenc.html" REL="nofollow">National Defence Image Library crumbling</A><BR/><BR/>and then get everything into Flickr.rakermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720762100421150346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653607.post-34109190114960074492008-01-25T14:46:00.000-05:002008-01-25T14:46:00.000-05:00Hi Vasta:Thanks so much for your comment!Definitel...Hi Vasta:<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for your comment!<BR/><BR/>Definitely the PR on this has been huge for the first institution to do this...and that has to go a long way in promoting the organization in the public eye. <BR/><BR/>Your points are very well taken. I teach a social networking tools course for librarians and thus far have only shown some of my classes Flickr very briefly. I am going to add this topic in, especially if I have those from public institutions in the class to make them aware of this idea.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>ConnieConnie Crosbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049314387546446951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6653607.post-83914316744982588022008-01-25T10:57:00.000-05:002008-01-25T10:57:00.000-05:00I think organizations need to evaluate their prima...I think organizations need to evaluate their primary cause for keeping their archives. Organizations that are looking to increase engagement with their archives -- cities, libraries, other public institutions -- would be silly not to open them up to a service like Flickr. Sure, digitization would require significant resources at first, but it would still be easier (and probably much cheaper) than trying to build the infrastructure on their own. Plus, Flickr comes with the added bonus of having a massive audience -- and excellent PR as well.<BR/><BR/>(Thanks for the link.)Sameer Vastahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00828445213905651175noreply@blogger.com