Do you ever have to teach a class, do a presentation, or even make a flyer? And are you tired of clip art? Michael Sauers at TravelinLibrarian.info explains how to mine Flickr for your presentation and find images that you can legally use.
Michael also presented a talk called "Flickr + Libraries" at the Internet Librarian 2006 conference. Here's the powerpoint slide show and a few weblog posts about the talk.
Two inspiring ideas from that talk:
Westmont Public Library posts pictures of their new arrivals shelf. They link to their pictures from their home page, but they could also easily have the pictures appear right on their web site, if they wanted.
The National Library of Australia asked Australians to post pictures from their communities on Flickr, then featured those pictures in their PictureAustralia project. What a way to engage your patrons!
Speaking of engaging your patrons, some libraries are offering Flickr classes for the public which seem to be popular. Here are 10+3 more ways libraries can use Flickr, and some uses for the cheap, pretty business cards you can order with your Flickr photos on them.
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