Flickr is a site where you can upload your photos to share with others. You can title, tag, edit, organize, add notes and favorite your photos. Others can view them and leave comments. Like other social networking sites, you can control exactly who has access to your photos. You can invite friends and family to see them, and keep others out. You can also transfer your photos to other sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or your blog. Even cooler, you can view world events and “visit” distant lands through the photos featured on Flickr. Best of all, you can do all of this for free.
Much like Youtube, Flickr can be used to upload images of events that are going on in libraries. I found a beautiful photo of the New York Public library:
I imagine library events can also use Flickr to view photos of say, a lunar eclipse, or other interesting topics of note. It could even be used by a library group to create a project to be displayed on the web. Or photos could be printed out or downloaded to be used in a slideshow or poster that creates a story. It could be used as a prompt for story telling. The potential is infinite. After all, they say a picture is worth a thousand words…
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