Flickr - Overview and Local and Family History

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Flickr| Capturing life, one image at a time
The Global ‘Picture’
Over 51 million registered members
Approx. 4.5 million photos/videos uploaded daily
More than 151 million geo-tagged photos
Over 4 billion images stored to date
2009 Webby Award Winner: Community
50 Best Websites 2009 (Time magazine)

Flickr| The Best

Flickr| Engaging Community
The social media phenomenon is fed by human needs for self-expression, feedback, generosity and community.
Flickr created this phenomenon by developing the ultimate photo-sharing platform. Participants from around the world share, tag and comment on their images. People can choose to share their joy, their sorrow and their perspective.

Flickr| Expressing Yourself
It’s a phenomenon that’s hard to explain.
Flickr has come to mean something to its members – excitement, community and freedom. It’s much more than a repository of beautiful photos.
Flickr provides an outlet for self expression. It connects people, acting as witness to their experiences. It literally captures daily life across the globe.

Functionality

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Flickr| Tell a Story with your photos
Tell a story with photos and allow people to comment
Add notes to explain or comment right on the photos
Make photos “favourite”
Add people to your photos so they know you’ve posted
Add tags to categorise your photos and help other people find them

Flickr| Share with Friends and Family

Flickr| Easy Upload from anywhere

Flickr| Easy Organisation

Flickr| Explore. Watch the World
Places – explore the world through geo tags, from Alaska to Zanzibar!
Current events – from the White house photostream, Nasa Flight Centre and breaking news
Galleries – unleash your inner curator, create you own gallery from images you find interesting, fascinating or mind blowing!
The Commons – Explore a snapshot in time with The Commons on Flickr. Hidden treasures of some of the worlds greatest photography archives.

The Commons

Flickr| The Commons
The Commons was launched on January 16 2008, when we released our pilot project in partnership with The Library of Congress.
The program has two main objectives:
To increase access to publicly-held photography collections, and
To provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge. (Then watch what happens when they do!)

Flickr| The Commons | 45 Partners to date

Flickr| The Commons | Why isFlickr so good?
The People!
People who contribute to the knowledge pool via tags, descriptions and notes
Crowd sourced curation
My Tags

Flickr| The Commons | Power of Tags
Credit: George Oates http://www.slideshare.net/george08/society-of-archivists-presentation

Flickr| The Commons | How many tags today?

Flickr| The Commons | Extra Goodness

“Then and Now” photography
Group dedicated to photos form the National Galleries of Scotland
Credit: George Oates http://www.slideshare.net/george08/society-of-archivists-presentation

Paul Hagon from the National Library of Australia built this mashup showing then and now
http://www.paulhagon.com/thenandnow/powerhouse_museum/

The Powerhouse Museum is adding Flickr tags from their commons photos to their internal systems.
Proof that the public have enhanced their collection

Local Studies

Flickr| Mosman Library
Mosman Library has been very progressive in its use of Flickr and other social media tools
They have also started to utiliseFlickr with their Local Studies Collection

Flickr| Mosman Library |Local Studies Collection

Flickr| Mosman Library |Image Collection
Mosman Library also houses 1400 images in its image collection
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Flickr| Mosman Library |Image Collection |Mitchell Library
50% of the Carrol Collection is on indefinite loan to State Library of NSW
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Flickr| Mosman Library |Image Collection |Mitchell Library | Flickr
Out of 863 photos and 4000 tags in the NSW State Library Commons only 1 is tagged with“Mosman”!!

Flickr| Public Library |Image Collection |Flickr
Public Library Macro Commons?
Open Questions:
Is there scope for Mosman Library – Local Studies to utiliseFlickr further?
Are there volunteers available to help get the library online?
Could Mosman set a precedent for opening up local studies to a wider audience?
How many other libraries have similar collections?

Family History

Flickr| The Williams Family | A brief history
The family genealogy experts have traced us back to the 17th Century
I’ve ancestors who fought in the Boer Wars and Gallipoli
I’ve ancestors who came to Australia in the 1850’s for the gold rush
Some came out as Ten Pound Poms (and then went back)
Mostly my family has mostly stayed in South Wales
We’ve a heap of photos going back to the 19th Century which we’re going to put online on Flickr

Flickr| The Williams Commons

Inspired by this talk I’ve been working with my father to start curating our family photos
My fathers sense of humour shines through on the descriptions and comments.
Future generations of the Williams clan will be able to enjoy the history passed down

A fantastic photo illustrating working life in South Wales in 1912

Flickr| The Williams Commons | Map

Flickr| Summary
Flickr is the worlds best photo site
People make it great
The Commons project allows the public to view and create a vision of history and heritage
Flickr is a fantastic tool for local historians
Flickr is a fantastic tool for sharing family history and memories

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Flickr - Overview and Local and Family History

by Morgan Williams on Aug 02, 2010

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