1. Photo Sharing

3. A popular photo sharing site Founded 2004 by 2 Canadians Stewart Butterfield Caterina Fake Bought by Yahoo in 2005 26 million users Well over 2 billion Images Definition: “An online photo management and sharing application” - Flickr (2009)

4. What can you do? Upload, organize and tag photos Create Sets, Collections and Galleries Comment on photos Create slideshows, download images Create RSS feeds of images Embed in blog Archives & Special Collections Archives & Special Collections

5. Lets check it out http://flickr.com

6. Exploring Flickr Popular Tags (tag clouds) Getty Image collection Flickr Commons Creative Commons

7. Copyright Lies with the creator of the content Creative Commons Licensing Copyright restrictions Downloading, viewing and using photos

8. Searching Flickr Basic Search Advanced Search Note: Flickr is a user generated image database with user generated classifications in the form of tags.

9. Flickr for Academia Subject Specific Collections NCSU Special Collections NCSU Special Collections Stanford Medicine Stanford Medicine Marketing / PR Tool for Universities Showcase research, campuses, student engagement Ryerson LibraryRyerson Library, University of Toronto University of Toronto Ryerson LibraryUniversity of Toronto

10. Flickr for Academia Create Communities Foster an environment of collaboration Class engagement Interact with other colleagues Package Design Class Spring 2010 Package Design Class Spring 2010 Create Slide Libraries Billions of photos, millions under creative commons

11. Hands on Advanced Flickr Searching http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ Geotagged map of photos http://www.flickr.com/map/