Week 2: Flickr, Photos & Images

1. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site. Take the Flickr tour. Try searching for images of Smith College.

2. Upload one or more images to the SCL Flickr space: sclibraries. Our SCL username is sclibraries, the password is sophia (both are case sensitive). Post one of your own digital images, or practice with one from the SCL staff network folder: P:\\2.0images\ .


3. Visit another major online vendor's image sharing space: Picasa. Pam Skinner used Picasa to manage her images from 2006 and 2007 library trips to Kosova.

4. Create a blog post about any aspect of sharing digital images that interests you this week.

2.0 Activities - Join In!

This week we'll start up a series of activities (short exercises) borrowed from the "23 Things" for Learning Library 2.0. Libraries staff can use these to explore and expand their knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0.

Week 1: Blogging (June 22)

1. Participate in the blogosphere by reading this blog and by finding out more about the program. NOTE: If you have not already done so, set up your Google account (see instructions below).

2. Post your comments about the workshop and this blog, by clicking on the "comments" links below.

3. Explore other library blogs to find out how and why librarians use blogging:

• Blogs for Libraries: 2005 posting from WebJunction community member Greg Shwartz
• LibDex: geographical arrangement of Library Weblogs
• Open Directory Project: list of Library & Information Science Weblogs with brief descriptions (update in 2007)
  

* The list of "things" can also be found on the 43Things website. Note: This project is loosely based upon the website 43Things (which allows you to set and track personal goals) and the Stephen Abram article titled 43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year (Information Outlook - Feb 2006).