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After struggling for years with how to manage and share a sprawling photo library at a large university, several designers at Arizona State University worked together to find a solution by using Flickr. Cindi Farmer, art director and multimedia developer at ASU will share their experience, and talk about the models and processes that have worked the best for the community of designers at ASU. UCDA Breakout session 2011
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photo management
with flickr
cindi farmerARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Whose job is it anyway?
the journey
“…back in the 1900s”
Digital 1.0: organize by categories
Digital 1.0: folders + database/excel
Digital 1.0: searching with Bridge
DAM: digital asset management
Web 2.0 Expo
Matt JonesUI Designer, NokiaLondon, England
Kelly GotoGoto MediaPalo Alto, CA
Chris MessinaFlock
Mike BeltznerPhenomenologistMozilla
Everything was private
Justifications to Legal
1. Flickr allows you to maintain “All Rights Reserved.”
2. Will put ASU’s best images into the public realm.
3. Save ASU resources (both money and time).
Plus…..
“..everyone else is doing it”http://www.flickr.com/photos/theohiostateuniversity/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/universityofnebraska/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambridgeuniversity/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/uwf/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/universityofkansas/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsuphotos/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/miamiuniversity/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/universityofkentucky/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/unibirmingham/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/iowastateadmissions/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuaa/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/westernillinoisuniversity/Plus several hundred more….
Time-consuming to browse folders- Photos may belong to multiple categories- sometimes had to rely on colleagues’
memory
Photo requests took a lot of our time/bandwidth- Hunting for the photos- Emailing / ftp / dropbox- Also produces a resistance/delay in sharing
Separate photo libraries with little sharing- didn’t know what was in each other’s
library- Took more time to get hi-rez version
Easier for our team to search photos - browse categories - search keywords
Culture of openness & sharing in the community
- Easier for us- Easier for them- Increased whuffie / connection
Separate photo libraries, but with numerous connections to other library
- Have control over who sees what- Can see recently uploaded images- Can download hi-rez right off flickr- More bang for our buck
searching
sharing
connecting
then & now
come on in the water’s fine
1 Get a flickr account.
Its’ free (2 videos and 300mb per month)
or practically free ($25/yr = unlimited + hirez)
private
2 Start uploading photos.
Mode: RGB Size: Hi-rez
How:
private
3 Add titles & descriptions.
public
private
private
4 Set permissions & settings
5 Tag photosFor “searchers”
Naming conventions: General descriptors (laptop, ) Categories (spirit, students, research) School/College Location/Campus Photographer’s name Name of file
6 Create sets & collections
7 Share and Connect
8 Embed & Distribute
time investment
Tips on time
• Batch uploading/tagging• Divide and conquer• Working sessions • Student workers
nice surprises
culture
future uses?
design connections
thanks.
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