Online Photo Sharing


I already have a lot of experience uploading photos to my Facebook account. I have several albums associated with that account which I created while living abroad in an effort to share my experiences with others.

I had not previously experimented with Flickr, however, but I had heard a lot about it. I found it pretty easy to use. I'm not sure how the pictures are grouped, though. Perhaps they are merely organized by the tags. I was excited to see that photos that are uploaded in Flickr can automatically be sent to Facebook. That is a great service, as it saves you uploading time.

I definitely feel like this is something a library could incorporate into their services. Any special events should be photographed for posterity and the photos should be shared in as many places as possible. Uploading them into Flickr and Facebook will ensure that that many more people are able to view the photos and learn about the kind of projects the library is involved with. It might also be a good way to display pictures of the library staff members so that patrons will know the staff that much better and be able to visually identify their library staff.