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Archives on Flickr Commons

(It’s not your mother’s audience anymore)Society of American ArchivistsAugust 13, 2009Deborah Wythe

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Deborah Wythedeborah.wythe@brooklynmuseum.org

“Blended” account

• Museum events• activities• Commons• behind the scenes

Collections in Flickr

Brooklyn Bridge project (late 2006):

All visual materials in the art, libraries and archives collections related to the Brooklyn Bridge.

• identify • digitize• create metadata• clear ©• release on Web

Brooklyn Bridge project community:

Flickr group links to brooklynmuseum.org

Flickr sets:

• color• high interest• already scanned & described• no known © restrictions • contextual text• link back to Museum for more detail or finding aid

• talk to us!

These images were uploaded at high resolution and it helps us to know how our visitors work with our images, so if you use them, we'd love to know how! Drop us a line by leaving a comment here or email our archivist: library@brooklynmuseum.org

Do you have a "now" photograph to any of these "then" images? We'd love to see them, so consider posting as a comment using Flickr's provided HTML code.

• what set next? query on Indicommons

Comments, comments, and more comments

• listen• research• respond• correct• track changes

Build on the interaction:

• notes (sometimes helpful, sometimes “noise” • taggers rule! (grab the content)• tags show international & multilingual reach

Mashups, reuse& repro rights

• your images will be used in ways you never imagined• be ready to embrace the public domain (if you love it, set it free…)

Size matters: Flickr full size (and you can scroll…)

our full size …

Go where the people go

(how many views will your pictures get?)

World's Columbian Exposition: Ferris Wheel, Chicago, United States, 1893. Bird's eye view from Ferris Wheel looking east.

Museum: 9

Flickr: 3313

World's Columbian Exposition: Ferris Wheel, Chicago, United States, 1893 [View through support wires from one gondola to gondolas opposite on]

Museum: 21

Flickr: 9916

Views, Objects: Egypt. Luxor. View 02: Egypt - Dhahabiyeh of American Tourists, Luxor.

Museum: 1

Flickr: 5981

Paris Exposition: Eiffel Tower and Celestial Globe, Paris, France, 1900,

Museum: 25

Flickr: 15,200

Museum views: Dec. 2008 - July 2009 Flickr views: Spring 2008 - July 2009

Old(early 2006)

• hierarchy- based• not image- centric• hard to browse• not inviting if you’re not a “serious” researcher• no Web 2.0 tools

Museum collections pages (fall 2008)

• images are primary• simple search• advanced search• tags• comments• tagging games• links to finding aids

Flickr Commons:• huge community of image-seekers• many tools for interaction• one search, multiple collections

Brooklyn Museum on Flickr Commons:http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/collections/72157604660129825/

Brooklyn Museum Archives collections:http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/archives/

Brooklyn Museum digital collections:http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/research/digital-collections/

Brooklyn Museum blog:http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/

GO EXPLORE!

Deborah Wythedeborah.wythe@brooklynmuseum.org