The folks at Allen County Public Library asked their patrons to take photos on a specific day and then send them in. The created a collection called “A Day in Allen County” for their library Flickr presence.
http://flickr.com/photos/acplinfo/sets/72157600001135158/
Hey libraries – you can do this too! How about:
A Day in ____________
A Day at the Library (or branch or department)
A Day on Campus
etc.
WOW! That is a genius use of Flickr and one I’d never thought of before in my life! Way to bring your community together Allen County!!!
This is great! My library just got a Flickr account and one of the things I’d love to see us do is sponsor a photography contest. We could post entries on our Flickr page as well as have a physical exhibit inside the library. “A Day in…” would be a great theme for this kind of thing.
oops the new link is
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acplinfo/sets/72157600028476205/
UPDATE! The new URL is http://www.flickr.com/photos/acplinfo/sets/72157600028476205/
Thanks for your lovely comments.