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When Geo Info Isn’t the Goal: Flickr Pilot Project at the Library of Congress. Helena Zinkham Prints & Photographs Division. Library of Congress | 2010. Flickr Pilot Project Goals - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Library of Congress | 2010
When Geo Info Isn’t the Goal:Flickr Pilot Project at the
Library of Congress
Helena Zinkham
Prints & Photographs Division
Flickr Pilot Project Goals
DISCOVERY: Share photos from LC collections with people who enjoy images but might not visit the Library’s own Web site
ENGAGEMENT: Gain information about historical pictures, which are often incompletely identified when they reach LC
LEARNING: Build experience participating in Web communities
Germany Schaefer at Wash. Senators baseball game, 1911
Germany Schaefer at Wash. Senators baseball game, 1911
Views & Favorites
Tags in Many Languages
Then & Now: Notes on Images
Then & Now: Photo Pairs
Then & Now: Photo Pairs
Map Mashups
The Commons, in Flickr
Friends Group
Volunteer-based Applications
Budget
“PLACES” in Flickr
Word Tags
Geo Tags
Comments: Verify Info
Two-Way Links
Geo Tags
Map View
Geo Tagging “Group”
Portrait with Geo Tags
Corrected Data
Building Names and Dates
Building Names and Dates
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