This was a straightforward assignment using very friendly website interfaces. Operating in flickr is easy. Uploading my photos to Facebook is a breeze. The professional uses of this technology are not so clear to me. It could be fun to invite attendees of MLA or other professional meetings to contribute to a photo page documenting the conference. As far as within my library, I just don't see any way to use it.
I've begun to wonder as I've blogged about finding uses in my library for the technologies we've covered, am I too consumed with trying to fit my current methods and services into 2.0 technology? Maybe I need to be thinking more outside the box. New technologies present the opportunity for new methods and services, and none of us should be too attached to the old. Perhaps we need to discontinue the old for our sanity as Web 2.0 opportunities generate more for us to do. Unfortunately, I can't figure out what to do with flickr in relation to libraries. With this in mind, I'm going to watch the class blog to see if others have library-use ideas for flickr.
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