Hi
Thanks for all the answers so far. To push the question a little bit
further....
What I'm looking for is less about museum collections finding their way
out to the public through Flickr and the commons (and the attendant
interpretation and data that can return to the collections) than what
has found its way *into* museums and archives (or at least their
thinking) through Flickr -- ie has any organisation ever curated (even
online) an exhibition from Flickr photographers' contributions to a
group pool, except for specific competitions?
For instance, the V&A's wedding fashion site
(http://www.vam.ac.uk/things-to-do/wedding-fashion/home), doesn't use
Flickr, but is an example of the sort of thing I'm talking about. Has
anyone yet written about what's been learned about wedding fashion from
what's been submitted? Will the exhibition's catalogue include an essay
specifically about user submissions and what they tell us (and how they
might even contradict our established understandings)?
Sorry to bang on; I'm trying to write something, and I'm looking for
other people's experience/understanding to build on. Thanks for
listening & enjoy your weekends.
Danny
-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Lotte Belice
Sent: 09 July 2010 14:37
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MCG] Flickr pools & subject interest
Dear Gail and Danny,
@Gail: Is it possible you are referring to the report For the Common
Good:
The Library of Congress Flickr Pilot Project
(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_report_final.pdf)?
@Danny: Seb Chan from the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has also written
about about their experiences with Flickr: The Commons on their blog
(for instance
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2008/04/08/powerhouse-
museum-joins-the-commons-on-flickr-the-what-why-and-how/).
RunCoCo has also posted entries related to Flickr for the Great War
Archive project:
http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/runcoco/2010/01/18/gwa-to-runcoco/.
Good luck!
All the best,
Lotte
--- On Fri, 7/9/10, Gail Durbin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Gail Durbin <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Flickr pools & subject interest
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Friday, July 9, 2010, 3:21 PM
I seem to remember the Library of Congress wrote something about its
involvement with the Flickr Commons but I cannot pinpoint it.
Gail
>>> "Birchall, Danny" <[log in to unmask]> 09 July 2010 >>>
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
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