Flickr and other photo sharing websites are pretty useful. I have visited them in the past to see pictures of family members that are living across the country and to see the places and things they are doing. But I had never actually joined Flickr until this week...I'm really bad at remembering to take pictures when I go on an adventure. My wife has the same problem, but we decided to buy a digital camera in December and force ourselves to start using it. We took several pictures with our new camera when we went to Las Vegas in January, and now that I've joined Flickr, I can let other family members see images from our trip as well as backup these photos online.
I think Flickr could be utilized by the children's departments at CHPL. Pictures could be taken of story times and shown online; librarians could also look for images of story times at other libraries and see if there are props or books that can be incorporated here in Henrico. Flickr could also be used for contests - maybe kids could take books with them on their summer vacations and take pictures from far away places with their Twin Hickory copy of "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" in hand. Children could then see all of the cool places the books have journeyed while being encouraged to bring along something to read on their trip.
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