Michael Porter and Lluisa Nunez

(I missed blogging most of Michael’s presentation because I had to reboot my laptop, but he’s a great speaker!)

“conditional subject tags” in the description of the “Libraries and Librarians” pool (JL – what other group on earth would have a heading of “conditional subject tags?!”)

Lluisa talked via a recorded presentation about tagging for the group (it definitely doesn’t feel like “cataloging” or work) and starting the geobloggers map
showed Yahoo Flickr map

we are the authors, users, and librarians all at the same time in the group

Tony Boston from the National Library of Australia – PictureAustralia group (via recorded audio) http://www.pictureaustralia.org/

map Dublin Core elements to Flickr XML elements for metadata quality
encourage users to make good tags and titles

two aims:
– to increase the number of contemporary images inPicture Australia
– to engage with new audiences

Fiona Hooten from the NLA – PictureAustralia

marketed the project in broadcast and print media
43% increase in the number of pageviews
there are pictures of events that might otherwise not be there because of Flickr

– presents PA in the user environment through the use of emerging web and social tools
– creates structure for active user participation (which they seem to very much want)
– provides ability to view past and present history together
– engage with new audiences

Michael Porter again – groups, community, sharing, connections, resources, examples, inspiration

Fun with Flickr by Michael Sauers

fd’s flickr toys
librarianswithgiantcalculators tag
Springfield Public Library
Nancy Pearl Action Figure group
jail finds
librarian trading cards
color pickr
retrievr (drawing)
flickr leech (searching)
flickr graph (visualizing contacts)
clockr
spell with flickr

audience question: what if you flickr a picture your boss doesn’t like (especially signage)
Michael S: doesn’t flickr pictures from libraries he works at
Michael P: personality comes through in our flickr accounts, just as in our blogs, and you are in total control of your account

audience question: is it safe to assume anything you post on flickr is okay for public use?
Michael S: flickr does allow you to set creative commons licenses on your photos (default is all rights reserved), but that doesn’t really stop others from using it; can set your own license
Michael P: if you want to find pictures for your library to use, you can use tags to find them (which is why he is such a big advocate for it)

audience question: what about the simpsons images?
Michael S: nobody has sued us yet; somebody else created the tool; parody? I’m not a lawyer

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