LibraryTechtonics

One of the initiatives that our new director at Reading Public Library has made clear is that she wants the public to see more pictures of the library, the staff, the events, the fun. As part of the Tech Plan madness, an assessment will be made of the current web site, which will include ways that we can best integrate photos without disrupting useability.

In the meantime, we have tons of photos, and we need a place to store them. And, well, I have a Flickr account, and I love it, so I gave the library one of the freebie accounts I received as a gift for being a beta member. Amy, one of the Reference librarians (who is also a Teen Librarian), had already set up a free account, and giving the free subscription to the library was a no-brainer.

So far, the account does have some photos in it, but very few of them are tagged or have proper descriptions and the like. I’m doing a presentation at the next Reference meeting about the service, so that everyone knows how to log in, upload files, tag and describe photos, and play with some of the sharing features.

Out of curiousity, I did a person search for “library” on Flickr, to see how many other libraries have accounts. I knew I’d find lots of librarians on there, and I was pleased to find a good number of libraries using the service. I’m contemplating a writing a bit on Flickr, and how public libraries are having fun with it. If you’re ever looking for a place to donate some money (if your library doesn’t have and has no interest in a Flickr account), consider sponsoring a Pro account for a library already on Flickr.

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