Flickr commons develop in 2007 – LoC approached Flickr about sharing photos, encouraging users tagging jan 16th 2008 launched Many nations now participating Can now only search the commons http://www.flickr.com/commons/ Brooklyn Museum – contributing to the commons caused flickr account to get flooded with comments, also posting photos that they “think” are something posting to flickr confirms or discredit it Can no longer respond to all comments, just completely got overwhelmed, it was no longer the small user community they knew and loved, were very close to leaving Goes beyond community working with their stuff, they are also helping with our workload What is the best way to add images to existing sets? Ask the question of the commons community, and you’ll get an answer Library of Congress Power commoners – do historical research and get really involved History detectives provide support to their statements by linking to sources online People provide personal memories of photos Historical context discussions Then and now photos New York Public Library – Flickr puts photos in space more accessible than they currently are, Failed in the creation of community – they framed it as a technology project, No know copyright restrictions, other rights like

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