Flickr
Posts where Flickr is a substantive part of the publishing, collections-access, or public-engagement practice being documented.
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Pinterest, Flickr, and the Road to GLAM-Wiki: Getting Collections Out of the Catalog
Two Othmer collection experiments—ballooning postcards on Pinterest and ceramic Christmas cards on Flickr—show an early shift from catalog-bound collections toward platform-native interpretation, GLAM-Wiki, and public knowledge infrastructure.
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The Library of Congress’ Flickr Strategy
This Voices TV episode examines the Library of Congress’s pioneering use of Flickr to open historic photographic collections to public participation. Interviews with Michelle Springer and Helena Zinkham explore one of the earliest large-scale social-media experiments…
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Library of Congress: Partnering with Flickr and Finding Its Voice in Social Media
Interview Record Who Michelle Springer and Helena Zinkham of the Library of Congress. Context This 2010 interview documents the Library’s partnership with Flickr and its early experience releasing historic photographs into a participatory social environment. What…
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Use online photosharing to visually tell the story of heritage resources
This practical introduction to Flickr treats photographs as more than illustrations: titles, captions, tags, groups, comments, and sharing can turn an image into an entry point for public interpretation. Written when online photo communities were rapidly…