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Geotag Brooklyn

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Deborah Wythe

Trying to track the history of the images of Brooklyn that we’re geotagging for #mapBK on Flickr and Twitter and then porting to Historypin reminds me of the game of tag, with kids dashing from one side of the yard to another. This … Continue reading…

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Cross-posting the Collection to Wikimedia Commons and the Internet Archive

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Shelley Bernstein

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:  it’s simply not enough to publish assets on our own website—we cannot expect people to come to www.brooklynmuseum.org and we need to be reaching out to communities on the web to … Continue reading…

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Common Ground 2009: A Flickr Meetup with NYPL and the Brooklyn Museum

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

If you are a fan of the The Commons on Flickr and live in the NYC area, come to our Common Ground meetup this weekend to celebrate—we’ve got tons and tons of neato stuff to give away!  The folks from … Continue reading…

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Common Ground: Global Flickr Commons Meetup Needs Your Favs!

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

Are you a fan of the materials being uploaded to the Flickr Commons?   Well, we are huge fans and that got a few of us wondering about a way to thank the community of people who’ve rallied around our materials … Continue reading…

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The world through Goodyear’s eyes: photographs from the 1890’s to 1923 from the Brooklyn Museum Archives

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Deirdre Lawrence

Seeing the response to historic photographs that we have posted on Flickr Commons begs a look back on why we have these images and who created them. Being an art museum library and archives our mission is to collect and … Continue reading…

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The Community Fills a Void at The Commons on Flickr

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

You may have read about the departure of George Oates in the media, but if not check out Seb’s blog post on the subject for starters. The thing that I worried about most with George’s absence was the idea that … Continue reading…

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Flickr Commons: Coping with a Small Staff and Community Ideals

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

One of the interesting things about The Commons is anyone can do it, which is pretty cool. Often, I think, larger institutions have an advantage over the smaller ones in that they get to put personnel behind coding projects to … Continue reading…

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Flickr Commons: A Delicate Balance

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

This is part two in what I think will eventually be a three part series (sorry, Tyler, I realize you are the king of the three part-er, but this requires some room). In the last post on the subject, I … Continue reading…

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Flickr Commons: It’s Complicated

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

I’ve already reported on many of the really cool things that can happen when participating in a venture like this one. We continue to get feedback on all kinds of usage and it’s been great to see people discovering these … Continue reading…

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Top 10 Reasons The Commons on Flickr is Awesome

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

I promised a follow-up after we’d been in The Commons for a while, so here you go. Top 10 Reasons The Commons on Flickr is Awesome: 10. George Oates is cool and George runs The Commons. 9. Come together now: … Continue reading…

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Flickr Commons: Begin at the Beginning

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Deirdre Lawrence

We have just joined The Commons on Flickr to share a selection of images with the Flickr community and to begin our partnership, it seemed appropriate that we start at the beginning! William Henry Goodyear was the Museum’s first Curator … Continue reading…

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Flickr Commons: High Resolution and what does it tell us?

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

We join The Commons on Flickr today and do so in a manner we hope will start an interesting discussion. Our Principal Librarian, Deirdre Lawrence, has posted about the collections we’ve uploaded and I’m going to write a little about … Continue reading…

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