Flickr

I have just started a new Flickr account. I have added a small number of photographs of our new Library and Activities Center in various stages of construction. I enjoyed looking around the site. I was careful not to include photographs of individuals, though I imagine it would be OK if I had permission. Most of my patrons are reticent to allow their photographs to appear anywhere. I was particularly interested in the map feature. I enjoyed seeing where in the world some of the photographs were taken.

Without trying in anyway I kept coming up with photographs that were inappropriate for work. There was nothing wrong with them in content, and I wouldn't say a thing to a patron about them being on a screen. I would not have been happy if a patron saw it on my screen. In one case I clicked on a very interesting picture of a girls face. When I got to the actual picture, though, other pictures on the screen would have been considered inappropriate for an office setting. Of course I did not linger, but I could not get a good look at the one photograph because of the others that came up on the side.

I also looked at the Picaso photo site. I thought that either Picaso or Flickr would work well for a library's purposes. I had to search for some things on Picaso that were pretty evident in Flickr. I did like Picaso's game in which you guessed where in the world a picture was taken.

Take a look at one of my images.