It isn't difficult to get photos into Flickr ... ah, but the myriad of features will take some time to explore and feel comfortable with. I was able to post a photo that I found on Flickr and then removed it when I realized I should really credit the person whose photo it was! This is a huge problem with the web, with the ease of file sharing. It was more difficult to use the Post to Blog feature from within Flickr -- it didn't work the first time, but then I searched the Help Center and found that I needed to select the BloggerAPI, instead of just Blogger and I was good to go then.
I am not sure yet how we will use Flickr in the medical library setting that I am currently in. I love the application that the College of St. Benedicts is using where they highlight photos of physical books -- sadly more and more of our books are e-books, so we probably wouldn't highlight our print collection in that way. We recently were a part of an evidence-based nursing conference and maybe we could use the photos that were taken for that and post as a slideshow for those who attended. I'm not sure how much value that has, but it would be cool.
On a personal note, my neighbors came together through Flickr last fall. We had a terrible wind storm that came through our street and knocked several huge old elm trees down. One of the neighbors took a bunch of photos of the block and posted them for all to see. We had left town the night of the storm before it hit and the street was cleaned up when we got back, so we never would have seen the devastation had Josh not shared his photos. I definitely want to explore some more.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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