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Flickr Feasibility Study
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Initial Barriers
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We want to join the Flickr Commons…
… and so does everyone else. Photo by Lingaraj, used under a CC,
Use with Attribution License
The National Archives Model
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Creative Commons Licensing Free Use with Attribution
Flickr Pro Account
Collaborators 5 Collaborating Institutions:
• Flora Public Library – Charles Overstreet Collection
• Indiana University – Charles W. Cushman Collection
• Illinois Digital Archive (as an intermediary) – Mining & Mother Jones in Mount Olive (Mount Olive Public Library) – Springfield Aviation Company Archives (Lincoln Library)
• University of Tennessee – From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont
• University of Washington (for collaborative digital projects) – Olympic Peninsula Community Museum (9 sub-collections) – King County Snapshots (11 sub-collections)
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Lessons learned from negotiations
• Meeting Institutions’ Needs – Attribution – Assertion of Commercial Rights – Guarantee of Content Control
• What can be uploaded vs. What cannot • Batch Deletion – on demand
• Feedback and Collaboration – Providing sufficient metadata: what, where,
when – Prioritizing specific topical strengths for
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IMLS DCC photostream
Charles Overstreet
Charles Overstreet
Charles W. Cushman
Chicagoland
San Francisco
Ringling Brothers’
Circus
Vintage Automobiles
New York
Springfield Aviation Co.
Arch.
Springfield Aviation Co.
Arch.
Mining & Mother Jones in Mt. Olive
Mining & Mother Jones in Mt. Olive
From Pi Beta Phi to
Arrowmont
From Pi Beta Phi to
Arrowmont
Olympic Peninsula VCM
Clallam County Historical Society
King County Snapshots
Wing Luke Asian Museum
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Organization
• 7 collections • 11 photosets • 1,716 photographs
Flickr’s Collection Level
Flickr’s Photoset (Sub-Collection) Level
Presentation Matters!
• Address the needs of collaborating institutions
• Desire to avoid using metadata that looks “institutionalized”
• Desire to promote the addition of user generated content (tags and comments)
• Desire to avoid making the user scroll down the browser screen to read all of the information
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Metadata Mapping Decisions
The Upload Process
• Downloading images • Parsing harvested metadata
– dc:title, dc:description, dc:creator, dc:coverage • Using Flickr API Methods
– Authentication – Image & Initial Metadata Upload (Title,
Description, Creator, Rights & Branding) – Set Date – Add Tags (“IMLS DCC”, Temporal, Spatial) – Set Permissions – Set License
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Statistics (as of 5/3/10)
• Views of Photos - 15,086 • Views of the Photostream - 1,786
• Views of Sets - 2,243 • Views of Collections - 62
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Total views over time
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10/1/2013 11/1/2013 12/1/2013 1/1/2014 2/1/2014 3/1/2014 4/1/2014 5/1/2014
1st Cushman
upload
4th Overstreet upload; Springfield Aviation Co. Arch.
upload
Ringling Brothers’ Circus upload
Sowing Culture blogpost on Ringling Bros. Circus
WebWise
Olympic Peninsula VCM – Clallam
County Hist. Soc. upload
3rd Overstreet upload;
Photosets grouped into Collections
More than 19,000 views since October 2009!
Metadata Enrichment
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• 115 Comments:
• 14 enhance or enrich metadata
• 12 requesting photos for groups
Flickr Groups: Social networking for photos
Reactive Social Networking (9 photo groups) • Cologne – Black and White • Emmett Kelly Sr or Jr - Weary Willie • Vintage Photos from World War II • Vintage Monocle • Legendary Adventures Guild • Ford Farlaine/Torino • Worldwide Ship Spotters (WSS) • Hairygit's Nature Group • Lighthouses of the World
Peer Networking (4 photo groups) • Digital Past • ArchivesOnFlickr • Mississippi National Register of Historic Places • Indiana University
Active Social Networking (18 photo groups) • Old Maxwell Street Market • WW II • Colliery & Mine Photos • The Aviation Museum • The Greatest Show on Earth • Images of World War Two • San Francisco Architecture • San Francisco • Clowns • B&W • Concentration/Internment Camps • Funfairs, Fairgrounds and Circuses • Images of World War Two • New York Photography • New York City • Historical Steamships • Steamship Historical Society of America • Olympic Peninsula
Passive Social Networking (1 photo group) • Cushman Revisited
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IMLS DCC has joined 32 photo groups
Flickr Photo Galleries
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Citizen photo curation in action!
Photo Re-use in Blogs
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Future Directions
• Flickr Commons Participation – Negotiations have begun – Workflow plan being drafted – Social and “no known copyright” policies in
development • Weekly/biweekly uploads of 100 to 200
photos continuing • Analysis of Flickr referrer information
(evidence for browsing/search behaviors?)
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