Re-ingesting Flickr tags from the Commons back into our collection OPAC

Today we completed the circle.

We have started presenting the tags that Flickr users have left on our images in the Commons on Flickr in their associated collection records in our online collection database. What this means is that the large number of tags added to our photographic collection in Flickr now are available in our OPAC to help others navigate the rest of our OPAC and connect with similar objects not available in the Commons

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Posted at 10pm on 25/07/08 | 2 comments | Filed Under: open content, Social media, Folksonomies

Commons on Flickr - a report, some concepts and a FAQ - the first 3 months from the Powerhouse Museum

The first three months of having images from the Tyrrell Photographic Collection in the Commons on Flickr have been very interesting. We launched on April 8 with 200 images and have been adding more each week since.

At the 12 week mark we had 600 photos uploaded, mostly location photography with just under 50% geocoded. Whilst we promised at the outset to upload 50 a week we had to break that promise around

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Posted at 11pm on 21/07/08 | 4 comments | Filed Under: open content, geotagging & mapping, Web metrics, Folksonomies, Imaging
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