reduce

recycle

reusemethod in our

madnessmetadata

flickr2008-2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/

http://digital.nls.uk/74462370

http://digital.nls.uk/74457611

sometimes 400 views

sometimes 100 views

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/3012796098/

Objective

Action

http://www.flickr.com/commons

no known copyright restrictions

haig

tenements

mary queen of scots

massacre of glencoe

4 images

137 images

2000 images

1 image

DigitalObjectDatabase

management client

filesstructuredescription

AACR

LCSH LC

TGNGetty

LCNAF LC

TGMLC AAT

Getty

DigitalObjectDatabase

presentation

management client

filesstructuredescription

subset

http://digital.nls.uk/

DigitalObjectDatabase

presentation

management client

filesstructuredescription

subset

flickr

subset

SolrApache

App Garden

http://www.flickr.com/services/api/

<geek speak=“on”>method = likeargs = woteva

</geek>

Issues ?• synchronisation

• administrative bottlenecks

• resourcing

• checking copyright

Flickr machine tags

flora:tree=coniferousorganization:library=“national library of scotland”squiggle:gibber=“utter rubbish”

\http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3549662882/in/set-72157618541455384/

and next

• early callotypes

• maps

• Robert Louis Stevenson

• Tay bridge enquiry

• Forth bridge construction

• Caravan tour of the highlands

so now… you know what

we’ll do this summer

Thank you

Gill HamiltonSystems Librarian

g.hamilton@nls.uk

National Library of ScotlandInformation Systems Development team