I seem to have got distracted a lot, looking at all the wonderful photos on Flickr... and following links to other photo web sites... it's been great but has used up a lot of time.
The photos from Mosman Library were really good-there were very few photos that came up when I put in the name of the library service that I work for- 37 photos came up under full text and only 8 came up under tags only.
It showed how important it is to tag your photos properly when I searched for the suggested topics-when I put in
'bad library signs'- there were 101 full text and 0 tags only
'lamingtons'- there were 232 full text and only 48 tags only
'vegemite'- there were 2069 full text and only 755 tags only
The tags only photos were more relevant than the full text ones but especially in the case of the lamingtons there should have been more photos-a lot obviously were not tagged.
Photo groups seem like a good way for like-minded people to share their photos.
Reading about Creative Commons got me pondering ...(oh No Not Again)... about photo ownership within the library situation. Who is the owner of the photo? It seemed to me that the person who takes the photo is the 'owner' as they have to consent to the photo being used- but if the photo is taken with the library camera don't the library service/council become the 'owner'? and then what about me... if the photo is of a display that I have created- am I not entitled to some creative recognition? Sorry, sorry...I am digressing again... but I was just wondering!!!!
I have found the image that I want to use but will have to get back to it later.
"You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it"- Author Unknown
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