Okay - well I suppose I can't just fluff off flickr because i personally use another product for photo-sharing. having read several of the articles (i particularly like those by Michael Stephens), I must say Flickr is a broader animal than i first suspected.
okay - the tagging is nice, but alot of products allow one to tag. what's more impressive are the toys available, and the host of things that sprout up around the flickr site. take the discussion groups, for example. now i know that one doesn't have to look far to find a discussion group on just about any topic, but it is convenient if you can have discussion groups in conjunction iwtht the photo collections...yet another way for people to make connections online.
and i must say i love the idea of using hte flickr tools to make your own stuff - (physical) prints, cards, calendars and even postage stamps. that last one's kind of cool, i think.
as for library use - i think we should go for it! e.g. we just celebrated the 20th birthday of our central library. why not put some shots out on flickr? and point to them from the virtual lib? maybe or maybe not flickr will be around for the next 20 year celebration (which is true for each of us, as well, eh?), but even if not, who cares? we'll still have electronic copies unless our beloved IT dept decides to just purge them during some space-saving exercise.
as stephens points out, flickr could be used for sharing photos of programs, our helpful and diverse staff, our excellent physical environment, etc. what better advertising is there?
so flickr away, vbpl!
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