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Hi Danny George Oates (Flickr at the time) did some stuff at UKMW 2008. Her slides are here: http://www.slideshare.net/george08/uk-museums-and-the-web. There's some stuff in there about how user feedback was poked back into the collections management systems (slide 45 - "library of congress has updated 176 records...'based on information provided by the Flickr Commons project'.." etc ta Mike Mike Ellis Research & Innovation Group eduserv t: 01225 470522 m: 07017 031 522 twitter: @m1ke_ellis www.eduserv.org.uk -----Original Message----- From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Birchall, Danny Sent: 09 July 2010 14:06 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Flickr pools & subject interest Hi Time for a Friday question....I can't imagine that there are many cultural heritage orgs that haven't used Flickr groups around their subject areas. Usually 'user engagement' is seen as sufficient justification for setting up a pool (I wouldn't argue with that) and success measured as a function of participation. But does anyone know of any papers/essays/posts written from a curatorial viewpoint discussing how the content of Flickr pools might have reflected on an organisation's collections, increased understanding of the subject area, or otherwise added to enlightenment and understanding that wasn't there before? Natasha Waterson & Fiona Romeo's paper on Astronomy Photography of the Year touches on some of these issues: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/papers/romeo/romeo.html ... can anyone think of any others? Thanks for any inspiration you can offer Danny Danny Birchall Web Editor, Wellcome Collection Wellcome Trust Gibbs Building 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK Tele: +44 (0) 207 611 8894 email: [log in to unmask] www.wellcomecollection.org www.twitter.com/explorewellcome This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense Hosted Email Security - www.websense.com **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ **************************************************************** **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ ****************************************************************