Open AccessEnhancing cultural heritage collections by supporting and analyzing participation in Flickr
Author(s) -
Jett Jacob,
Senseney Megan,
Palmer Carole L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504901287
Subject(s) - cultural heritage , scope (computer science) , world wide web , digital collections , collections management , computer science , web 2.0 , internet privacy , political science , web service , law , programming language
Cultural heritage institutions can enhance their collections by sharing content through popular web services. Drawing on current analyses from the Flickr Feasibility Study, we report on the pronounced increase in use of the IMLS DCC Flickr Photostream in the past year, trends in how users are engaging with the content, and data provider perspectives on participation in Flickr through the DCC. In addition to users providing comments and tags for images, they are increasingly integrating historical images from libraries and museums into new digital objects and special collections. Intermediary services can fill a key role in lowering the burden for institutions to engage in Web 2.0 initiatives and broadening public access to cultural heritage content. To extend the scope of the current DCC services, we propose a feedback framework for transferring user‐generated information to institutional data providers.