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.
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