I'm not so sure how I feel about Flickr. I've used it to publish family pictures, but I've reached the cap, and now have to pay to show all of them. On the other hand, I've kind of grown into Facebook. I can publish more pictures, but have to show ads. And, on Facebook, I have a more readily available social network. Then again, Flickr doesn't require membership, unless I make the pictures member's only.
My family's pictures on Flickr are available for anyone to see, and I like the idea of storing them there. I can get to them anywhere I go. I guess I could even download them and use them as a screen saver anywhere I went. But I'm not sure if this is the best use of the technology for schools. Like I said, my school's Facebook page has fewer pictures available to people who are suckered into Facebooking me as their friend. I guess there's a trade off in there - popularity vs. ease.
One thing I like about Facebook's photo option (in addition to the video it let me upload) is that it forces me to think small. I have less than 40 pictures up there, from a year's worth of school. If I made a new page for a new school year, I guess I'd also have about 40 up there as well.
All this makes me think about what it means to be a school librarian. Are we also supposed to be the school archivist?
7 years ago
In a high school the archiving is often done buy the students, in the form of the yearbook. I leave it to the yearbook staff and their faculty advisor to chronicle the year, I am responsible for maintaining a copy of the yearbook once it is printed. In the past the library also has held a recording of the annual musical and play, graduation and the senior slide show. The librarian is not responsible for creating these items but only for storage. I am the keeper not the recorder.
ReplyDeleteThe same goes for my school; the yearbook team archives pictures and the librarian maintains an archive of yearbooks for future reference. I enjoyed your family pics! This gave me some insight on uploading my own.
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