MLA CE WEEK 6

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Originally uploaded by Community Health Library

This week I am investigating image sharing resources. Hiking is one of my favorite activities. I am posting photos I took several years ago on a trip to Yosemite National Park. These photos were taken on the Snow Creek Trail. This trail starts near Mirror Lake and is the steepest accent out of Yosemite Valley.

The photos were stored on Flickr. This was easily accomplished and the images were rapidly uploaded and stored. Some of the titles were removed. The Blog upload was more involved and was not as easily accomplished. I tried using a link that points back to flickr but I ended up with several copies of the same photo, and html code in the visible text of the blog. I configured Google to accept photos from Flicker but it seems to take only one per post.

Image sharing could be useful if one was involved in creating a report or developing some marketing tools for a library. Creative Commons allows assigning various levels of copyright protection to your images.

The mechanics of accomplishing this task were not seamless as one would like. It was difficult to get the photos exactly where I wanted them. I am sure some of this was unfamiliarity with the applications I used. I would suggest using Webshots or Photobucket. These applications seem easier to use and produce more controlable results.