Comments on: Early tagging at Flickr + Library of Congress http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/01/25/early-tagging-at-flickr-library-of-congress/ About David Weinberger's book (May, 2007) and how we're pulling ourselves together now that we've blown ourselves to bits Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kris http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/01/25/early-tagging-at-flickr-library-of-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-45226 Kris Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:31:25 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/01/25/early-tagging-at-flickr-library-of-congress/#comment-45226 Josh: Thanks for the interesting post! Although some tags may be irrelevant, or silly, we cannot loose sight of the importance of the LOC sharing these photos in this manner. It is in stark contrast to the usual protectionist stance of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) federal rules and regulations. More of this will come. For example, The JFK Library in Boston is currently going through a massive digital archiving process, and will soon (hopefully) allow similar uses of historical documents. Josh:

Thanks for the interesting post!

Although some tags may be irrelevant, or silly, we cannot loose sight of the importance of the LOC sharing these photos in this manner. It is in stark contrast to the usual protectionist stance of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) federal rules and regulations.

More of this will come. For example, The JFK Library in Boston is currently going through a massive digital archiving process, and will soon (hopefully) allow similar uses of historical documents.

]]> By: David Weinberger http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/01/25/early-tagging-at-flickr-library-of-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-44222 David Weinberger Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:01:54 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/01/25/early-tagging-at-flickr-library-of-congress/#comment-44222 Josh, I saw your piece on Sunday. Very nice. If there's a lesson to learn, maybe it's: Go where the people are. A bunch are at Flickr. A bunch are clustered around the hearth reading the Sunday Globe. Or maybe it's: Messiness works. Put the photo as many places as you can and pray for links. Or maybe it's: Everything works. Josh, I saw your piece on Sunday. Very nice.

If there’s a lesson to learn, maybe it’s: Go where the people are. A bunch are at Flickr. A bunch are clustered around the hearth reading the Sunday Globe.

Or maybe it’s: Messiness works. Put the photo as many places as you can and pray for links.

Or maybe it’s: Everything works.

]]> By: Josh Glenn http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/01/25/early-tagging-at-flickr-library-of-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-44221 Josh Glenn Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:57:12 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2008/01/25/early-tagging-at-flickr-library-of-congress/#comment-44221 David, I ran a short item in the Boston Globe last Sunday about this Flickr/LoC project. The item was illustrated with a mystery photo from the collection -- labelled "Street in Industrial Massachusetts Town." I've received a few dozen really <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2008/01/brockton_speaks.html" rel="nofollow">terrific responses</a>, from older Globe readers who know nothing about Flickr but were able to positively identify the street as downtown Brockton, circa 1941. So there's a funny dynamic at work, here: Flickr is the a great tool for this sort of crowdsourcing project, but when it comes to identifying vintage photos, Flickr isn't going to reach the proper (older) audience. Good old daily newspaper fills the void, makes the connection. What to do with this fact? I'm scratching my head. David, I ran a short item in the Boston Globe last Sunday about this Flickr/LoC project. The item was illustrated with a mystery photo from the collection — labelled “Street in Industrial Massachusetts Town.” I’ve received a few dozen really terrific responses, from older Globe readers who know nothing about Flickr but were able to positively identify the street as downtown Brockton, circa 1941. So there’s a funny dynamic at work, here: Flickr is the a great tool for this sort of crowdsourcing project, but when it comes to identifying vintage photos, Flickr isn’t going to reach the proper (older) audience. Good old daily newspaper fills the void, makes the connection. What to do with this fact? I’m scratching my head.

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