Week 6 - Vulkin Kat

Vulkin Kat,
originally uploaded by dyyanae (away).

I have high hopes that you all can see this lovely multi-toed feline!

Week 6-Attempt 2

Well, I found another picture that is awesome:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=642915424&size=o

But I'm not figuring out how to get the pic to show up on my blog. I'll continue working on this...
As for how a library could use this tool - the uses are endless, I would think. Pictures promoting library services and events are a natural for both fundraising and for "warm and fuzzy" library appeal. I think the idea to post pics of unlabeled historical photos for the public to peruse and identify would be an excellent project to work in tandem with a local historical society. When I was an undergraduate during the Dark Ages, I worked with developing a college archives, and we had scads of unlabelled pics. The College Alumni Center hosted a special get-together event during Homecoming Weekends to try to get Alumni to come in and take a look at the pics to help us out. We never had that many people turn out - perhaps this would be an ideal tool to download pics for a larger group to access conveniently online as part of an alumni newsletter/ project. Just a thought...


At this early point, Flickr seems like a neat tool. I don't know what the downside or cons would be. It seems like the copyright issues have been addressed - I imagine there's always some way to misuse a tool like this, though.

Week 6 - Flickr Attempt

Well, I can see that Flickr would be a very interesting tool to play with, especially if you have a digital camera and the smarts to download pics. I lack both, so I have to rely on my dear husband to handle the family digital camera. He's saved tons of digital pics but I don't have a clue how to access them at this moment. Luddite that I am, I rely on my little Canon 35 mm camera he bought me years ago, after my Kodak Instamatic bit the dust.

ANYWAYS, I played with Flickr and found the cutest picture of a yellow tabby polydactyl kitten who looks quite similar to my 11 month old Rusty, right down to the 6 toes on each paw (the thumbs look like he has a baseball mitt on.) Here's the link to the pic:
www.flickr.com/photos/jim68000/45935110/

I will attempt to paste the pic onto this blog - tune in to see if I've been successful! (Same bat time, same bat channel...)