Lib O’Congress on flickr
THE Library of Congress is posting images to flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/people/library_of_congress/
The LOC is uploading images to flickr and inviting viewers to add tags. The goal is to share images, to experiment with socially constructed taxonomies, and to start wading among the people of the tubes.
The LOC is following these general guidelines with respect to annotation of the images the post on flickr:
We placed only one tag (”Library of Congress”) and two machine tags on each photo when we loaded them. Any other tags you see were added by the community; we are generally not controlling the content of Flickr tags, notes and comments, but we reserve the right to remove added content for any reason.
The project has been a success, according to the LOC — many people have participated in annotating the images with comments, tags, and notes. Here’s an example of an image that has been viewed more than 85,000 times and has much of annotation from viewers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179930812/in/set-72157603671370361/
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