Thing #5

I was disappointed to find some areas of Flickr are blocked at my school since this is an invaluable resource I could use when compiling photographs to make book trailers. I was able to find an extremely cute picture of a baby rabbit and surf through other photographs protected by a Creative Commons license, however.

I especially like how Flickr has the website designed where you can search just those photographs uploaded under a Creative Commons license as well as breaking it down by what the license includes (attribution, no derivatives, etc.). This makes it extremely useful for individuals to adhere to copyright and fair use guidelines.

The tags on the photographs are also extremely helpful as they allow searchers to find similar pictures once they have found one or two which fit their needs. The idea of sharing photographs with a group is also useful as I could foresee all the librarians in the district having an account and sharing photograph ideas with the other librarians via sharing pictures with the group, tagging pictures shared with the group, and commenting on pictures shared with the group. What an awesome way to share photographs for book trailers, displays, library programs, etc.!

Mediagraphy:

She's Not Ther. Wild Baby Rabbit. 2010. Photograph. Web. 8 June 2010.