LAist: Library of Congress Goes Flickr

Andy Sternberg

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:18:58 -0800

Not sure where Shankland concludes that these photos won't be richly tagged now that they are in Flickr. It explicitly states (in boldface) that open, user-generated tagging is one of the main principles of the Flickr Commons project. Not to mention, the Library of Congress' blog is impressive in it's own sense -- obviously operated by a competent and websavvy individual -- it operates on Wordpress and it looks and operates like a good web 2.0 government archive should. Viva le transparency.

Zach Behrens

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:39:51 -0800

temporary sense of loss of direction fixed. Thanks wagon.

WagonMonster

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:31:46 -0800

Redlands is 60 miles East of Los Angeles ;)

RMSpuhler

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:30:10 -0800

It's a drop in the ocean, but it's a great move by LofC. Thanks for the heads up!