Mahony, S;
(2013)
HumSlides on Flickr: using an online community platform to host and enhance an image collection.
In: Dunn, S and Mahony, S, (eds.)
The Digital Classicist 2013.
(pp. 125-146).
Institute of Classical Studies: London, UK.
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Abstract
Moving a teaching and research image collection from an analogue to a digital medium for delivery brings with it many advantages but at the same time it also presents many new problems and ones probably not previously considered. This chapter discusses the move of a departmental slide collection, firstly to a proprietary in-house format, and then subsequently to the online community platform Flickr. It draws on the experience and model of the Library of Congress in partnership with Flickr and The Commons, as well as initiatives at Oxford and at New York University, and in doing so critically analyses and evaluates the possibilities for the future development of this collection. It asks why this collection is not currently being used to its potential and examines how the development of a user community would help to enrich the collection and ensure long term sustainability and future growth.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | HumSlides on Flickr: using an online community platform to host and enhance an image collection |
| ISBN-13: | 9781905670499 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://uolpress.co.uk/book/the-digital-classicist... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. More information regarding CC licenses is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | Digital Humanities, pedagogy, digitisation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Information Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472469 |
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