With that in mind it might be worth looking at / posting something on the Indicommons blog (http://www.indicommons.org/) and/or the Flickr Commons Group discussion (http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrcommons/discuss/)
In haste (I'll try to think about a better answer over the weekend)
James
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> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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> I seem to remember the Library of Congress wrote something
> about its involvement with the Flickr Commons but I cannot
> pinpoint it.
> Gail
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> >>> "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
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