It is more than just an opportunity for user access. Crowdsourcing  
the onerous task of tagging/SEO-ing/researching digitized materials  
is, in my research and work, a way to _translate_ collections on line  
in ways that utilize the emerging social and semantic technologies to  
move beyond merely early 90s style emulation of meatspace. Not only  
does your collection get organized/worked on for free but socialized,  
publicized and spread with potential for as-yet undefined pedagocial  
richness.

My two cents.
Chantelle Oliver
OISE/University of Toronto
Walrus Magazine Technology Department
www.chantelleoliver.com


On 21-Jan-08, at 2:33 PM, Tim Atherton wrote:

> Interesting to see the LoC is starting to put parts of it's photo  
> collection up online on Fickr for easy access. reasonable sized  
> files that you can print from (though not as big as many they have  
> online on their database - but which are harder to find)
>
> Same, on a smaller scale - with the Wisconsin Historical Society.
>
> Good way to make collections accessible.
>
> http://www.galleryhopper.org/?p=535
>
> http://www.galleryhopper.org/?p=536
>
> http://www.photoprogress.org/archives/257/library-of-congess-on- 
> flickr/
>
> http://www.galleryhopper.org/?p=540
>
>
>
> tim a
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