Gwyneth Stupar gave a presentation on using Picasa and Picasa Web Albums for archivists. Picasa is a free photo organization and editing software from Google, while Picasa Web Albums allows users to share photos online. The presentation covered how to organize, edit, and share photos using tagging, renaming, effects, and by uploading to blogs, social media, and mobile. It also discussed concerns about memory usage, metadata transfer, and Picasa's terms of service. Stupar concluded with a live demo and credits.

1. Gwyneth StuparGwynethstupar@gmail.comPresentation for: Chicago Area Archivists December 2, 2010Presentation Can Be Found At: Slideshare.net/gstuparPicasa For Archivists

2. Best advice from library school:“SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL”

3. Picasa And Picasa Web AlbumsPicasa“a software download from Google that helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. It's free, and easy to use.”-GooglePicasa Web AlbumsPhoto Sharing Service From Google (much like Flickr) created when you create a Gmail Account.

4. A simple way to embed pieces of code, or widgets, to your website as photo galleries.

5. HERE'S HOWHelp is Just Around the Corner:GET HELP ON PICASA.GOOGLE.COM

6. ORGANIZEEDITSHARE

7. Organize:TaggingRenaming

8. Edit:EVERYTHING

9. Share:PHOTO COLLAGESUPLOAD TO BLOGSAND SOCIAL MEDIAMobile

10. An Impressive Archivist Sharing Now:Zachary Jones, SeaAlaska Heritage Institute

11. Some Concerns…Picasa takes up a ton of memory…How will metadata that you create in Picasa be transferable if your computer crashes?What are the Terms of Service for Picasa Web Albums? “Google claims no ownership or control over any Content submitted, posted or displayed by you on or through Picasa Web Albums. You or a third party licensor, as appropriate, retain all patent, trademark and copyright to any Content you submit, post or display on or through Picasa Web Albums and you are responsible for protecting those rights, as appropriate. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through Picasa Web Albums, you grant Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, distribute and publish such Content through Picasa Web Albums, including RSS or other content feeds offered through Picasa Web Albums, and other Google services. In addition, by submitting, posting or displaying Content which is intended to be available to the general public, you grant Google a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, adapt, distribute and publish such Content for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting Google services. Google will discontinue this licensed use within a commercially reasonable period after such Content is removed from Picasa Web Albums. Google reserves the right to refuse to accept, post, display or transmit any Content in its sole discretion.”