Around the Web - December 11, 2008

This is the inaugural Around the Web weekly blog post, where I highlight Web 2.0 archival projects that the community of Archives*Open readers have submitted. Feel free to do the same by adding a comment (with your name or the name of your institution, project name, and URL) or sending the same information via email to archives.open@gmail.com.

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Around the Web - December 11, 2008

• Amanda sent in the Deseronto Archives' blog and Flickr photostream
  
  
• Dani Vaughn-Tucker, Misericordia University, sent in the Sister Mary Carmel McGarigle Archives' Flickr photostream
  

Flickr, one of the most popular photo management and photo sharing websites, which was bought by Yahoo! a few years ago, is a great place to showcase your photos without the headache of building the technical infrastructure yourself.

Besides being a really easy to use service (there is a free and a paid version), Flickr enables users to add notes to pictures (identify people in pictures), tag pictures with metadata (folksonomy), and comment. Build communities and connect with others who share in your photographic interests.