What is Flickr?
Flickr is a free website to host your photos online. It is one of the fastest growing photo management and photo sharing sites on the web. Flickr allows you to upload your photos and tag them (describe them with keywords). You can arrange them into groups too, so they are easy to search for. Basically it is a way to display your photos publicly for family, friends and if you wish, the general public to access.
This task is in two parts:
1. You are required to take a look at Flickr and discover what it has to offer.
2. Create a Flickr Account!
Register for a Flickr Account
A basic Flickr account is free. Since Flickr is owned by Yahoo! it is necessary to create a Yahoo! account first. If you already have one, you will be able to login to Flickr straight away. Creating an account takes just 3 easy steps. Just follow the necessary Yahoo! link which takes you to the sign up page and enter your details to register. You are then ready to sign into Flickr and register.
Important: Remember to add this task as an entry in your blog!
Resources
Discovery Resources:
Discovery Exercise:
In this discovery exercise, you have two options…
So go ahead, explore the site and have some Flickr photo fun
PS: A quick word about photo posting etiquette - When posting identifiable photos of other people (especially minors) is it advisable to get the person's permission before posting their photo in a publicly accessible place like Flickr. Never upload pictures that weren't taken by you (unless you have the photographer's consent) and always give credit when you include photos taken by someone else in your blog.
Flickr is a free website to host your photos online. It is one of the fastest growing photo management and photo sharing sites on the web. Flickr allows you to upload your photos and tag them (describe them with keywords). You can arrange them into groups too, so they are easy to search for. Basically it is a way to display your photos publicly for family, friends and if you wish, the general public to access.
This task is in two parts:
1. You are required to take a look at Flickr and discover what it has to offer.
- Discover the things people and other libraries are using Flickr for.
- Find out how tags work
- Find out what groups are
2. Create a Flickr Account!
Register for a Flickr Account
A basic Flickr account is free. Since Flickr is owned by Yahoo! it is necessary to create a Yahoo! account first. If you already have one, you will be able to login to Flickr straight away. Creating an account takes just 3 easy steps. Just follow the necessary Yahoo! link which takes you to the sign up page and enter your details to register. You are then ready to sign into Flickr and register.
Important: Remember to add this task as an entry in your blog!
Resources
- Flickr official site
- About Flickr groups
- About Flickr tags
- About uploading photos
- Flickr group: Libraries and librarians who use Flickr
Discovery Resources:
- Flickr Learn More tour (6 steps)
- Mediamazine Flickr Tutorials
- Flickr: Popular tags
Interesting- Last 7 days - Flickr Services (3rd party applications & mashups)
and let’s not forget to look at some other libraries on Flickr
Discovery Exercise:
In this discovery exercise, you have two options…
- Take a good look around Flickr and discover an interesting image that you want to blog about. Be sure to include either a link to the image or, if you create a Flickr account, you can use Flickr's blogging tool to add the image in your post. Another option you have for including images in your post is to use Blogger's photo upload tool.
-- OR -- - If you're up to an easy challenge ... create a Free account in Flickr and use your location's digital camera to capture a few pictures of something in your branch. Upload these to your Flickr account and tag at least one of the images “UQLibrary” and mark it public. Then create a post in your blog about your photo and experience. Be sure to include the image in your post. Once you have a Flickr account, you have two options for doing this: through Flickr's blogging tool or using Blogger's photo upload feature.
So go ahead, explore the site and have some Flickr photo fun
PS: A quick word about photo posting etiquette - When posting identifiable photos of other people (especially minors) is it advisable to get the person's permission before posting their photo in a publicly accessible place like Flickr. Never upload pictures that weren't taken by you (unless you have the photographer's consent) and always give credit when you include photos taken by someone else in your blog.
PS: "UQ LIbrary 23 Things" image above created by Spell with Flickr by UQ Library.
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libraries on Flickr link doesn't work
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