Flickr Feasibility Study http://www.flickr.com/photos/imlsdcc/ 1
Initial Barriers We want to join the Flickr Commons and so does everyone else. Photo by Lingaraj, used under a CC, Use with Attribution License 2
The National Archives Model Flickr Pro Account Creative Commons Licensing Free Use with Attribution 3
5 Collaborating Institutions: Collaborators Flora Public Library Charles Overstreet Collection Indiana University Charles W. Cushman Collection Illinois Digital Archive (as an intermediary) Mining & Mother Jones in Mount Olive (Mount Olive Public Library) Springfield Aviation Company Archives (Lincoln Library) University of Tennessee From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont University of Washington (for collaborative digital projects) Olympic Peninsula Community Museum (9 sub-collections) King County Snapshots (11 sub-collections) 4
Lessons learned from negotiations Meeting Institutions Needs Attribution Assertion of Commercial Rights Guarantee of Content Control What can be uploaded vs. What cannot Batch Deletion on demand Feedback and Collaboration Providing sufficient metadata: what, where, when Prioritizing specific topical strengths for upload 5
Organization IMLS DCC photostream Flickr s Collection Level Charles Overstreet Charles W. Cushman Springfield Aviation Co. Arch. Mining & Mother Jones in Mt. Olive From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont Olympic Peninsula VCM King County Snapshots Charles Overstreet Chicagoland Springfield Aviation Co. Arch. Mining & Mother Jones in Mt. Olive From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont Clallam County Historical Society Wing Luke Asian Museum San Francisco Ringling Brothers Circus Vintage Automobiles Flickr s Photoset (Sub-Collection) Level 7 collections 11 photosets 1,716 photographs New York 6
Presentation Matters! Metadata Mapping Decisions Address the needs of collaborating institutions Desire to avoid using metadata that looks institutionalized Desire to promote the addition of user generated content (tags and comments) Desire to avoid making the user scroll down the browser screen to read all of the information 7
The Upload Process Downloading images Parsing harvested metadata dc:title, dc:description, dc:creator, dc:coverage Using Flickr API Methods Authentication Image & Initial Metadata Upload (Title, Description, Creator, Rights & Branding) Set Date Add Tags ( IMLS DCC, Temporal, Spatial) Set Permissions Set License 8
Statistics (as of 5/3/10) Views of Photos - 15,086 Views of the Photostream - 1,786 Views of Sets - 2,243 Views of Collections - 62 9
Total views over time More than 19,000 views since October 2009! 900 800 WebWis e 700 600 500 400 4 th Overstreet upload; Springfield Aviation Co. Arch. upload 1 st Cushman upload Ringling Brothers Circus upload Sowing Culture blogpost on Ringling Bros. Circus Olympic Peninsula VCM Clallam County Hist. Soc. upload 300 200 3rd Overstreet upload; Photosets grouped into Collections 100 0 10/1/2013 11/1/2013 12/1/2013 1/1/2014 2/1/2014 3/1/2014 4/1/2014 5/1/2014 10
Metadata Enrichment 115 Comments: 14 enhance or enrich metadata 12 requesting photos for groups 11
Flickr Groups: Social networking for photos IMLS DCC has joined 32 photo groups Reactive Social Networking (9 photo groups) Cologne Black and White Emmett Kelly Sr or Jr - Weary Willie Vintage Photos from World War II Vintage Monocle Legendary Adventures Guild Ford Farlaine/Torino Worldwide Ship Spotters (WSS) Hairygit's Nature Group Lighthouses of the World Peer Networking (4 photo groups) Digital Past ArchivesOnFlickr Mississippi National Register of Historic Places Indiana University Passive Social Networking (1 photo group) Cushman Revisited Active Social Networking (18 photo groups) Old Maxwell Street Market WW II Colliery & Mine Photos The Aviation Museum The Greatest Show on Earth Images of World War Two San Francisco Architecture San Francisco Clowns B&W Concentration/Internment Camps Funfairs, Fairgrounds and Circuses Images of World War Two New York Photography New York City Historical Steamships Steamship Historical Society of America Olympic Peninsula 12
Flickr Photo Galleries Citizen photo curation in action! 13
Photo Re-use in Blogs 14
Future Directions Flickr Commons Participation Negotiations have begun Workflow plan being drafted Social and no known copyright policies in development Weekly/biweekly uploads of 100 to 200 photos continuing Analysis of Flickr referrer information (evidence for browsing/search behaviors?) 15