Week 6 : Online Photo Sharing

As I look through the many wonderful photos from the public, I was amazed to find the richness and variety of their creativity. I can also see the power of photo sharing. People can tag, comment and make notes on the images, which will benefit not only the community but also the collection themselves. Libraries can use this function to share photes from library events, exhibits amd more to reach out to patrons and keep as archives for future references. I collected some of our Health Fair photos so when we need to to future Health Fair, we can pull it out for references.
In online communties, our patrons are not only sharing information, but creating and publishing it. These are new times. Internet users once aggregated solely around text but now there is an array of multimedia choices such as photos, videocasts, games, music, etc. Librarians can play a major role as infomraiton filters in today's online communities. We can help the users sift through the vast infomration out there to find what they really enjoy.