Fiddling with flick r

Overview of presentation Background to Social Media at NLS Flickr evolution at NLS Flickr Commons Eureka! Flickr and the future

Background to Social Media at NLS

Flickr evolution at NLS

Flickr Commons

Eureka!

Flickr and the future

Background Originally a 4 month project (May to Sept 2008) targeting a number of established categories Social Media Marketing Working with communications tools such as blogs and wiki’s for internal and external use Use of ‘Utility’ applications that promote reuse of objects

Originally a 4 month project (May to Sept 2008) targeting a number of established categories

Social Media Marketing

Working with communications tools such as blogs and wiki’s for internal and external use

Use of ‘Utility’ applications that promote reuse of objects

Purpose of pilot To establish content on a number of social media services Monitor use, explore issues and consider strategies for adoption Recommend next steps

To establish content on a number of social media services

Monitor use, explore issues and consider strategies for adoption

Recommend next steps

Approach 1 Active involvement in Marketing via Social Media

Active involvement in Marketing via Social Media

As a marketing tool

Was the use of social media tools for marketing a success?

Was the use of social media tools for marketing a success?

Was the use of social media tools for marketing a success?

Was the use of social media tools for marketing a success?

Purpose 2 Working with communications tools such as blogs and wiki’s

Working with communications tools such as blogs and wiki’s

Using social media as a communications tool

Has using social media tools as a method of communication been a success?

Has using social media tools as a method of communication been a success?

Has using social media tools as a method of communication been a success?

Has using social media tools as a method of communication been a success?

Approach 3 Use of ‘Utility’ applications to promote reuse of objects

Use of ‘Utility’ applications to promote reuse of objects

Use of utility applications to deliver our collections to online repositories for reuse

Was using social media tools as an option for wider discovery and reuse been a success?

Was using social media tools as an option for wider discovery and reuse been a success?

Was using social media tools as an option for wider discovery and reuse been a success?

Was using social media tools as an option for wider discovery and reuse been a success?

flick r

What can you do in flick r with an account? Upload your own photos Comment on photos Tag photos (i.e. add descriptive keywords) Join groups / post photos to groups View “Private” photos of people who have marked you as family or friend Post your photos to a blog And much, much more!

Upload your own photos

Comment on photos

Tag photos (i.e. add descriptive keywords)

Join groups / post photos to groups

View “Private” photos of people who have marked you as family or friend

Post your photos to a blog

And much, much more!

Free flick r account 100 MB monthly upload limit (5 MB per photo) 3 photosets Photostream views limited to the 200 most recent images Post any of your photos in up to 10 group pools Storage of smaller (resized) images

100 MB monthly upload limit (5 MB per photo)

3 photosets

Photostream views limited to the 200 most recent images

Post any of your photos in up to 10 group pools

Storage of smaller (resized) images

flick r Pro Account Unlimited uploads (10 MB per photo) Unlimited storage & bandwidth Unlimited photosets Permanent archiving of high-resolution original images The ability to replace a photo Post any of your photos in up to 60 group pools Ad-free browsing and sharing Cost: £25 / year

Unlimited uploads (10 MB per photo)

Unlimited storage & bandwidth

Unlimited photosets

Permanent archiving of high-resolution original images

The ability to replace a photo

Post any of your photos in up to 60 group pools

Ad-free browsing and sharing

Cost: £25 / year

Getting started Which images should we use? What about the rights?? Do they need to be ‘Scottish’ What metadata should we use, and how? Will anyone be listening? Should I talk to anyone??

Which images should we use?

What about the rights??

Do they need to be ‘Scottish’

What metadata should we use, and how?

Will anyone be listening?

Should I talk to anyone??

Web-Based Upload Form Keep track of how much of your monthly upload capacity you’ve used Click on Choose photos Credits: Nebraska :Library Commission www.nlc.state.ne.us/Netserv/flickr.ppt

Choose Photos to Upload Locate and select the image file on your computer. Click Open to transfer the file path to the upload form. Credits: Nebraska :Library Commission www.nlc.state.ne.us/Netserv/flickr.ppt

Describe Your Photos Add Title , Description , and Tags . Click on Save . Credits: Nebraska :Library Commission www.nlc.state.ne.us/Netserv/flickr.ppt

Batch Edit Options

Very limited

flick r Uploadr Richer functionality

Is this worth the effort?

Just about right

Comments are cool

Groups

Tags

Links back to NLS System

Starting to get excited…..

The Commons on flick r

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!) The Commons on flick r

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!)

“ No known copyright restrictions” Participating institutions may have various reasons for determining that "no known copyright restrictions" exist, such as: The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired; The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions; The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

Participating institutions may have various reasons for determining that "no known copyright restrictions" exist, such as:

The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;

The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;

The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or

The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

How to make best use of these relationships? Problems of ‘acquisition’ Need to ‘work’ the metadata Opportunity?

How to make best use of these relationships?

Problems of ‘acquisition’

Need to ‘work’ the metadata

flick r Metadata Must look beyond the ‘title’ and ‘description’ Early steps seem very naïve now…. flick r API unlocks the real potential, both inbound and outbound Ability to export from existing systems which contain appropriate metadata

Must look beyond the ‘title’ and ‘description’

Early steps seem very naïve now….

flick r API unlocks the real potential, both inbound and outbound

Ability to export from existing systems which contain appropriate metadata

Flick r to DC FlickR element/attribute Dublin Core element URL DC.Identifier.URL Photo@Id,Secret,Server DC.Identifier.URL.Thumbnail [email_address] DC.Identifier Title DC.Title Description DC.Description Owner@Realname+Loc DC.Creator [email_address] DC.Coverage.Temporal Tag DC.Subject "FlickR" DC.Source [email_address] DC.Rights

FlickR element/attribute Dublin Core element

URL DC.Identifier.URL

Photo@Id,Secret,Server DC.Identifier.URL.Thumbnail

[email_address] DC.Identifier

Title DC.Title

Description DC.Description

Owner@Realname+Loc DC.Creator

[email_address] DC.Coverage.Temporal

Tag DC.Subject

"FlickR" DC.Source

[email_address] DC.Rights

FlickR element/attribute Dublin Core element URL DC.Identifier.URL Photo@Id,Secret,Server DC.Identifier.URL.Thumbnail [email_address] DC.Identifier Title DC.Title Description DC.Description Owner@Realname+Loc DC.Creator [email_address] DC.Coverage.Temporal Tag DC.Subject "FlickR" DC.Source [email_address] DC.Rights Flick r to DC This is a problem

FlickR element/attribute Dublin Core element

URL DC.Identifier.URL

Photo@Id,Secret,Server DC.Identifier.URL.Thumbnail

[email_address] DC.Identifier

Title DC.Title

Description DC.Description

Owner@Realname+Loc DC.Creator

[email_address] DC.Coverage.Temporal

Tag DC.Subject

"FlickR" DC.Source

[email_address] DC.Rights

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<title>

Soldier's comrades watching him as he sleeps, Thievpal, France, during World War I

</title>

<description>

Soldiers are standing in a very deep, narrow trench, the walls of which are entirely lined with sandbags. At the far end of the trench a line of soldiers are squashed up looking over each others' shoulders at the soldier asleep. The sleeping soldier is lying on a narrow ledge in an uncomfortable position but looks so relaxed and deeply asleep. His rifle is lying to hand and he is still fully equipped. His comrades in the background all appear to be smiling. Everyone is covered in dust and wearing muddy boots

</description>

< visibility ispublic=&quot;1&quot; isfriend=&quot;0&quot; isfamily=&quot;0&quot;/>

< dates posted =&quot;1226147919&quot; taken=&quot;1918-01-01 00:00:00&quot; takengranularity=&quot;6&quot; lastupdate=&quot;1232612596&quot;/>

< permissions permcomment=&quot;3&quot; permaddmeta=&quot;3&quot;/>

< editability cancomment=&quot;1&quot; canaddmeta=&quot;1&quot;/>

<usage candownload=&quot;0&quot; canblog=&quot;1&quot; canprint=&quot;1&quot;/>

<comments > 0</comments>

<notes/>

<tags>

<tag id=&quot;14435201-3012796098-25230&quot; author=&quot;14456531@N07&quot; raw=&quot;ww1&quot; machine_tag=&quot;0&quot;>ww1</tag>

<tag id=&quot;14435201-3012796098-6530&quot; author=&quot;14456531@N07&quot; raw=&quot;wwi&quot; machine_tag=&quot;0&quot;>wwi</tag>

<location latitude=&quot;50.513221&quot; longitude=&quot;2.371639&quot; accuracy=&quot;7&quot; context=&quot;0&quot; place_id=&quot;fh4BQ2yYA5lK_1zfsw&quot; woeid=&quot;12597181&quot;>

<county place_id=&quot;fh4BQ2yYA5lK_1zfsw&quot; woeid=&quot;12597181&quot;>Pas-de-Calais</county>

<region place_id=&quot;_24548ueAJm5V1Xy&quot; woeid=&quot;7153324&quot;>Nord-Pas-de-Calais</region>

<country place_id=&quot;6immEPubAphfvM5R0g&quot; woeid=&quot;23424819&quot;>France</country>

</location>

<geoperms ispublic=&quot;1&quot; iscontact=&quot;0&quot; isfriend=&quot;0&quot; isfamily=&quot;0&quot;/>

< urls>

<url type=&quot;photopage&quot;>

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/3012796098/

</url>

<title> Soldier's comrades watching him as he sleeps, Thievpal, France, during World War I </title> <description> Soldiers are standing in a very deep, narrow trench, the walls of which are entirely lined with sandbags. At the far end of the trench a line of soldiers are squashed up looking over each others' shoulders at the soldier asleep. The sleeping soldier is lying on a narrow ledge in an uncomfortable position but looks so relaxed and deeply asleep. His rifle is lying to hand and he is still fully equipped. His comrades in the background all appear to be smiling. Everyone is covered in dust and wearing muddy boots </description> <visibility ispublic=&quot;1&quot; isfriend=&quot;0&quot; isfamily=&quot;0&quot;/> <dates posted=&quot;1226147919&quot; taken=&quot;1918-01-01 00:00:00&quot; takengranularity=&quot;6&quot; lastupdate=&quot;1232612596&quot;/> <permissions permcomment=&quot;3&quot; permaddmeta=&quot;3&quot;/> <editability cancomment=&quot;1&quot; canaddmeta=&quot;1&quot;/> <usage candownload=&quot;0&quot; canblog=&quot;1&quot; canprint=&quot;1&quot;/> <comments> 0</comments> <notes/> <tags> <tag id=&quot;14435201-3012796098-25230&quot; author=&quot;14456531@N07&quot; raw=&quot;ww1&quot; machine_tag=&quot;0&quot;> ww1</tag> <tag id=&quot;14435201-3012796098-6530&quot; author=&quot;14456531@N07&quot; raw=&quot;wwi&quot; machine_tag=&quot;0 &quot;>wwi</tag> <location latitude=&quot;50.513221&quot; longitude=&quot;2.371639&quot; accuracy=&quot;7&quot; context=&quot;0&quot; place_id=&quot;fh4BQ2yYA5lK_1zfsw&quot; woeid=&quot;12597181&quot;> <county place_id=&quot;fh4BQ2yYA5lK_1zfsw&quot; woeid=&quot;12597181&quot;>Pas-de-Calais</county> <region place_id=&quot;_24548ueAJm5V1Xy&quot; woeid=&quot;7153324&quot;>Nord-Pas-de-Calais</region> <country place_id=&quot;6immEPubAphfvM5R0g&quot; woeid=&quot;23424819&quot;>France</country> </location> <geoperms ispublic=&quot;1&quot; iscontact=&quot;0&quot; isfriend=&quot;0&quot; isfamily=&quot;0&quot;/> <urls> <url type=&quot;photopage&quot;> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/3012796098/ </url> This is getting interesting

<title>

Soldier's comrades watching him as he sleeps, Thievpal, France, during World War I

</title>

<description>

Soldiers are standing in a very deep, narrow trench, the walls of which are entirely lined with sandbags. At the far end of the trench a line of soldiers are squashed up looking over each others' shoulders at the soldier asleep. The sleeping soldier is lying on a narrow ledge in an uncomfortable position but looks so relaxed and deeply asleep. His rifle is lying to hand and he is still fully equipped. His comrades in the background all appear to be smiling. Everyone is covered in dust and wearing muddy boots

</description>

<visibility ispublic=&quot;1&quot; isfriend=&quot;0&quot; isfamily=&quot;0&quot;/>

<dates posted=&quot;1226147919&quot; taken=&quot;1918-01-01 00:00:00&quot; takengranularity=&quot;6&quot; lastupdate=&quot;1232612596&quot;/>

<permissions permcomment=&quot;3&quot; permaddmeta=&quot;3&quot;/>

<editability cancomment=&quot;1&quot; canaddmeta=&quot;1&quot;/>

<usage candownload=&quot;0&quot; canblog=&quot;1&quot; canprint=&quot;1&quot;/>

<comments> 0</comments>

<notes/>

<tags>

<tag id=&quot;14435201-3012796098-25230&quot; author=&quot;14456531@N07&quot; raw=&quot;ww1&quot; machine_tag=&quot;0&quot;> ww1</tag>

<tag id=&quot;14435201-3012796098-6530&quot; author=&quot;14456531@N07&quot; raw=&quot;wwi&quot; machine_tag=&quot;0 &quot;>wwi</tag>

<location latitude=&quot;50.513221&quot; longitude=&quot;2.371639&quot; accuracy=&quot;7&quot; context=&quot;0&quot; place_id=&quot;fh4BQ2yYA5lK_1zfsw&quot; woeid=&quot;12597181&quot;>

<county place_id=&quot;fh4BQ2yYA5lK_1zfsw&quot; woeid=&quot;12597181&quot;>Pas-de-Calais</county>

<region place_id=&quot;_24548ueAJm5V1Xy&quot; woeid=&quot;7153324&quot;>Nord-Pas-de-Calais</region>

<country place_id=&quot;6immEPubAphfvM5R0g&quot; woeid=&quot;23424819&quot;>France</country>

</location>

<geoperms ispublic=&quot;1&quot; iscontact=&quot;0&quot; isfriend=&quot;0&quot; isfamily=&quot;0&quot;/>

<urls>

<url type=&quot;photopage&quot;>

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/3012796098/

</url>

Machine Tags

accessceramics:date=2008 accessceramics:height=9 accessceramics:width=9 accessceramics:depth=9 accessceramics:title=Untitled accessceramics:artist=Patrick_Horsley accessceramics:technique=Thrown_&_Altered accessceramics:temperature=Cone_06 accessceramics:temperature=in_reduction accessceramics:glazing=Yellow_Ash_Glaze accessceramics:material=Slipware accessceramics:material=white_slip accessceramics:object_type=Plate Machine Tags

accessceramics:date=2008

accessceramics:height=9

accessceramics:width=9

accessceramics:depth=9

accessceramics:title=Untitled

accessceramics:artist=Patrick_Horsley

accessceramics:technique=Thrown_&_Altered

accessceramics:temperature=Cone_06

accessceramics:temperature=in_reduction

accessceramics:glazing=Yellow_Ash_Glaze

accessceramics:material=Slipware

accessceramics:material=white_slip

accessceramics:object_type=Plate

Innovative uses?

But why take this out of flick r ? Flickr groups are good, right? And there is an enormous community already

Flickr groups are good, right? And there is an enormous community already

But why take this out of flick r ? Flickr groups are good, right? And there is an enormous community already Control over what gets selected Ability to amend/adjust metadata Enrich content with own additions Package the lot for further export Building a global system

Flickr groups are good, right? And there is an enormous community already

Control over what gets selected

Ability to amend/adjust metadata

Enrich content with own additions

Package the lot for further export

Building a global system

Is the future data distributed through a hub? Hang on, isn’t this just web 3.0

Implications Stepping stone between web 1.0, Web 2.0 and 3.0 Don’t think of Flickr as a content management system, but as a repository and catalogue They want you to treat it as a service, not the end result Flickr metadata requirements are closer than you may think to your own

Stepping stone between web 1.0, Web 2.0 and 3.0

Don’t think of Flickr as a content management system, but as a repository and catalogue

They want you to treat it as a service, not the end result

Flickr metadata requirements are closer than you may think to your own

Recommendations?

Go for it. If you have public images that are in effect privately held, join Flickr Join the commons! Work the community Commit some resource It’s no longer just playing – this has real application

If you have public images that are in effect privately held, join Flickr

Join the commons!

Work the community

Commit some resource

It’s no longer just playing – this has real application

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland

Thanks for listening – any questions? James Toon [email_address] 0131 623 3770