Library of Congress adds public domain photos to Flickr
Posted by Jacque on January 17th, 2008
I learned at C|Net news about the pilot project from the Library of Congress that adds 3,000 photos, mostly untagged, to Flickr. The photos are copyright-free.
The LOC blog has more background and information.
They say, “The real magic comes when the power of the Flickr community takes over. We want people to tag, comment and make notes on the images, just like any other Flickr photo, which will benefit not only the community but also the collections themselves. For instance, many photos are missing key caption information such as where the photo was taken and who is pictured. If such information is collected via Flickr members, it can potentially enhance the quality of the bibliographic records for the images.
“From the Library’s perspective, this pilot project is a statement about the power of the Web and user communities to help people better acquire information, knowledge and—most importantly—wisdom.”
