Flickr & Photo Sharing

Wow! What a fantastic site of photos of everything imaginable. I can see why the Library of Congress is using this to help identify several photographs in their collections. I personally like the idea of being able to use the privacy settings so viewing can be limited if desired. I will recommend this site to many of our artistic patrons at the library. I have helped several artists and students search for photographs in books and magazines for special projects. I often use Google images and will now add Flickr to my list of suggestions.

Web 2.0 and Blogging

Creating my very own blog was a good thing! On a personal note, finding the time to keeping it updated is another. I guess like everything else, you have to make time for it. I have used several library blogs (Programming/Shared Collections) in the past to post branch events and programs as well as to send materials for needed collection areas. This was and still is a great way for library staff to communicate and share ideas.