Discovering History Through Photography at St. Petersburg Museum
Explore the photographic archives of the St. Petersburg Museum of History through Flickr, shared by archivist Marta L. Jones. Learn about the significance of using Flickr for heritage collections, find out who else utilizes Flickr, and understand the importance of relevance in providing meaningful experiences to viewers.
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An Enlightening Flickr in the Sunshine City: Sharing the Photographic Archives of the St. Petersburg Museum of History Marta L. Jones, Archivist, St. Petersburg Museum of History https://www.flickr.com/photos/spmoh-archives/albums
Who else is using Flickr? - Smithsonian - State Library & Archives of Florida -The British Library - Internet Archive And many more .
Why use Flickr Your photos will appear in Google searches Let them know your collection exists! - Univ. of Louisiana is losing its Natural History Collection. Univ. of Kansas Collection Manager, Andy Bentley stated, (via Smithsonian.com 03/2017) "It was shocking for me to realize the collection was so large. Regional collections are usually not that big," he says. Even a colleague doing a survey of all the fish collections in the world had not heard about the ULM trove, Bentley says. "There s no information out there about the collection and nothing on web."
Relevance Giving people a key to open an experience that matters to them The lower the effort the higher the relevance Grandson of Byrd Latham, (who was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation), saw the photo we have of his grandfather on our Flickr page
