Flickr and other Multimedia

I was a bit late getting to the week 3 exercise (OCPL was sponsoring a Literary Festival, Literary Orange, on April 21. I was tied up with that, along with all the other usual things.)

I looked at some of the Libraries using Flickr - I liked what Westmont Public Library was doing, posting pictures of the new books of the month. I thought having pictures of every branch, like Hennepin County would be one way to help people find their branch and for our visual clientele, the pictures would be great.

I like the fact that all of the libraries recognize that it is good to be out there - Flickr is a social photo exchange and it is good to have a presence here, and gain more recognition. The fun pictures of events and things at the Library can also help people see what the library has to offer.

But you have to keep this up and change the pictures regularly - otherwise I could see the Flickr postings getting really stale, really fast.

I like the podcasting idea - having a stash of podcasts for people with information on things like how to put in flooring, etc. would be useful and I can see a role for the library in this. You could do library program podcasts - lots of possibilities.