Thing 18 - Communicating through photographs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dublincitypubliclibraries/373561809/in/pool-irishlibraries/

  This photo was taken from the Irish Libraries Flickr account. The address is as above. The photo is of Dublin City Library & Archive - facade/ Pearse St./ Dublin 2. The photo is under a creative commons licence and is attributable.

   Flickr is a photo sharing site. It is an easy and cost-effective way to store and display images. R23/ Thing 18 sblogpost ays "...Flickr has an amazing creative commons search facility which allows bloggers and publishers to find attributable images for free. It also allows millions of people to see and share your photographs - your visual stories."

   In my workplace/ public library I would use photos on Flickr to tell the story of what is happening in and through the library. I would use photos to tell the story of related ideas, people and events. Events include for children and adults. Examples of events are: entries for a children's art competition, author visit, class visit, folder on 1916-2016 including events and exhibitions.

   On a R23 participant blogpost/ Liz the Librarian, I read about an idea which may be worth trying in my library! Local people would be asked to bring in items such as photos and memorabilia which depicts the town and its people through the ages, "People and Places". Items would be photographed or scanned. From this an exhibition may be mounted physically in the library. If copyright allows some or all of the items may be uploaded to Flickr. I reckon local people would enjoy it. Great idea Liz! Thank-you for sharing.

   

Thing 17 - Reflective practice

                I explored Pinterest a s a Curation tool. Pinterest consists of photos which are “pinned” to a board. It is visually appealing and a source for new ideas.

                If I had to repeat the task or something similar I would approach the task with confidence. Confident that I would become familiar with the tool as I had with previous tools.

                The progress I made consisted of becoming familiar with Pinterest relatively quickly. I created 2 library-related boards, Children’s fiction books  and Library crafts. My Pinterest link is: https://www.pinterest.com/carolyntunney/     My view/ opinion/ feeling of the task in the beginning was resistance. Resistance because it is something new and I may not figure it out. In this case I figured out and experimented withPinterest relatively easily. My current view is that learning a new tool may be straightforward and even enjoyable!

                I learned that I need to give time to a task, especially when it is new. Time to learn and experiment with it. I learned it is best not to move between devices when learning a new tool as this may cause confusion.

                It has helped my learning as after a successful learning experience I am more confident about exploring a new and different tool.

                I could have applied Pinterest in the past to promote Library Events and Activities.

    Pinterest may be used to promote the library similar to the Rapid City Public Library’s page. I could use this tool in my library in the future by creating the following boards: (a)Events and activities held; (b)books egs. newly published, “my favourite books”, classics; (c)Local history. I could use knowledge of the Gibbs Reflective cycle 1988 in the future when learning a new tool and writing the corresponding blog.