Digital Photos Class Review

I completed the 3-week digital photo “boot camp” and have to say it was a curate’s egg. The first class focused on hooking the camera up and transferring photos. That one went over well and I think the students were very pleased with it. Everyone brought their cameras and transferred a photo to My Pictures. [...]

Cool Flickr Project

Forgive the non-library-ness of this post, but my brain is still reeling from Computers in Libraries!  I have a lot to say about CIL, but that will have to wait until I’ve gotten my mind around everything I learned.  In the meantime, I’ve been basking in the joyous glow of the NHL playoffs.  There’s a [...]

Click! Fun with Flickr! (Part II)

I’ve had a blast fiddling around with Flickr (even though I’ve been using it for searching photos for some time, I’d never actually gotten an account [I'm not much of a picture taker] so I had no idea how much fun it is to play with!) but now it’s time to get down to business.   [...]

Click! Fun with Flickr (Part I and 1/2)

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In a very timely coincidence, Lifehacker had a link today to an extremely helpful new user’s guide to Flickr. Inspired, I tried playing around a little bit with my brand-spanking new Flickr account, and configured it so I could directly publish this post with a photo from my account to my blog. It [...]

Click! Fun with Flickr (Part I)

Flickr is an awesomely cool photo sharing site that tons of libraries are using to promote and celebrate themselves.  The website allows users to upload their photos and then organize and tag them for others to see.  Links to Flickr photos can then be imbedded into library websites and blogs, making it easier than ever [...]