Thing 5 - Flickr - ArtBash at AFA Library

ArtBash at AFA Library
Originally uploaded by ijude2

This is the only library-related picture I have at the moment. I'll have to work on getting some others.

I checked out the Clemens and Alcuin libraries of the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University Flickr feature called "add a note" to highlight books in their collections. Their idea is pretty interesting. I can see how this idea would be great for a new books collection or a special collections display. I like the idea of people being able to add a tag or maybe even comment on a book they have read already. I also looked at what some other libraries were doing with Flickr - Library pictures, 365 library days project, Second Life Library 2.0, etc. I was not too interested in the Library pictures site since I would need a lot of time on my hands to scroll through the pictures and I wasn't sure what the point of the 365 library days project. Also, I checked the Second Life Flickr site and was appalled at some of the images. This is the problem I have with "open to the public" sites. There's always someone who has to "ruin the party." It seemed like a good idea to share images of library spaces in Second Life, but I was immediately turned off when I saw the disturbing images. I guess the hard part of creating a library project in Flickr and making it public would be grasping the concept that you don't really have full control. Anyway, I do think some very good ideas are coming out of this 2.0 tool and I am thinking of using it to host my personal pictures - private for friends and family ONLY of course.