IL Thing #6 Flickr

Flickr can be used in many different methods. It can be used to explain the progress or development of construction or a process through images. Flickr can use photos to supplement a project or coursework. I've seen Flickr used to share library design around the world. The Martin County Library System is the public library that I work for and we use it to share library events, programming, and new developments in library renovation.

As a web 2.0 technology, Flickr's possibilities are endless. With a push for work collaboration and digital instruction, an image sharing storage like Flickr allows libraries, instructors, and professionals to become more visual. It is for this reason that the University of Puerto Rico at Carolina used Flickr. As Hernandez and Dominguez (2010) illustrate, the university's Information Literacy and Technologies Program used a blog along with Flickr to store images and news relevant to IL in order to teach best practices in finding and using information.

The Library of Congress even has a photostream on Flickr to help users find historical photographs:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

Searching through Flickr I found useful, interesting, and fun photos posted from the public that explain information literacy through charts and diagrams. Enjoy!:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danahlongley/4472897115/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cilass/2986562330/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23396182@N00/4091325622/



Hernández, Y., & Domínguez, N. (2010). Blogs as Content Management System for an Information Literacy Program: Experience at the University of Puerto Rico at Carolina. Current Studies in Librarianship, 30(1/2), 69-77.