Tips for dealing with photos taken in your library

1. USE PHOTOS TO
PROMOTE YOUR
LIBRARY

2. Digital
cameras
make it
easy to take
photos of
your
students

3. Maybe too
easy.

4. First,
put them
somewhere
safe and
accessible
• Network storage
• (If your school has it)
• Free
• High capacity
• Difficult to share
• Cloud storage
• Not free past certain capacity
• Need to make a “library” account
• Easy to share
• Privacy concerns

5. Online storage options
Service Space/Cost Pros Cons
Google Photos unlimited/free Easy access/sharing,
auto-tagging
16Mb file size limit
Privacy concerns
iCloud Photo Library
(not PhotoStream)
5Gb/free
20Gb/$12
Most convenient
service for iOS
Limited sharing
Expensive
Amazon Photos unlimited for Prime
users / $12 ($99)
Great with Prime Clunky interface
Microsoft OneDrive 30Gb free
1Tb/$84
Convenient for
Windows
Difficult to share
Flickr 1Tb free Pros use it,
Social network
Advertising
DropBox 2Gb free
1Tb/$100
Connects with
everything
Clunky
Expensive to expand
SmugMug Unlimited/$60 Beautiful portfolio
Social network
Expensive

6. Organizing Your Pictures
• Choose a naming convention
• Make it easy to find later
• YYYYMMDD-Subject-###.jpg
• Most editing software will batch process renaming
• Use folders!
• Back up everything
• USB drives are cheap
• Cloud storage is free/cheap

7. Promote
the library
on your
school’s
website
Millbrook Central School District
http://www.millbrookcsd.org/archive

8. Illustrate
ideas on
your blog
Denise Borck,William James Middle School
dborck.wordpress.com/

9. Put casual,
immediate
pics in
tweets…
Angela Rosheim, Lewis and Clark Elementary
twitter.com/ARosheim

10. … and on
Instagram
Diana Rendina, Stewart Middle Magnet,Tampa
instagram.com/mrsrendina

11. Printing
• Easy
• Upload your picture
• Pick a size and surface
• Wait for arrival
• Satisfaction Guaranteed
Outsource
• Instant gratification
• Control over product
• Good if you print lots
• Can be a hassle
• EXPENSIVE
• $400-$800 small inkjet printer
• $50-$200 ink
• Limited size
DIY

12. Printing
• Local 1-hour labs for small to medium
paper prints
• Costco, Walgreens, Walmart
• Online outlets for larger/special media
• MPIX, AdoramaPix, CanvasPop
All of these allow you to upload a picture and
receive prints in the mail.
Where to print?

13. Make flyers
to promote
your
program
The Unquiet Library
theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/

14. Put images
in your
emails to
faculty
Marist School Library

15. Use them
for training
material
Marist Library Orientation

16. Make giant
(free)
posters of
students in
the library
Block Posters
blockposters.com/

17. Promote big
events and
showcase
your
students’
love of
reading

18. Other ideas:
Make a slideshow for open house
Bookmarks!
Put photos in your reports to
administration
Save them for class reunions