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Film, Video Opening the Photo Vaults: A Web 2.0 Pilot Project to Enhance Discovery and Gather Input for the Library's Photograph Collections

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Title

  • Opening the Photo Vaults: A Web 2.0 Pilot Project to Enhance Discovery and Gather Input for the Library's Photograph Collections

Summary

  • Library of Congress staff from the Prints and Photographs Division, Office of Strategic Initiatives, and Information Technology Services -- along with George Oates from Flickr, the popular photo-sharing site and Web 2.0 innovator -- describe the pilot project in which the Library has mounted photographs from its Farm Security Administration and George Grantham Bain collections on the Flickr Web site.

Names

  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2008-01-29.

Headings

  • -  Architecture, Landscape
  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Sports, Recreation
  • -  Technology, Industry
  • -  War, Military
  • -  Women's History
  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Science, Technology
  • -  Flickr, photographs, Web 2.0, pilot, Farm Security Administration, George Grantham Bain

Notes

  • -  Classification: Agriculture.
  • -  Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Classification: Technology.
  • -  George Oates, Michelle Springer, Phil Michel, Dave Woodward, Barbara Natanson, Justin Thorp, Helena Zinkham.
  • -  Recorded on 2008-01-29.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687931

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress. Opening the Photo Vaults: A Web 2.0 Pilot Project to Enhance Discovery and Gather Input for the Library's Photograph Collections. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-29, 2008. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687931/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress. (2008) Opening the Photo Vaults: A Web 2.0 Pilot Project to Enhance Discovery and Gather Input for the Library's Photograph Collections. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-29. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687931/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress. Opening the Photo Vaults: A Web 2.0 Pilot Project to Enhance Discovery and Gather Input for the Library's Photograph Collections. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-29, 2008. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687931/>.