I could see picture sharing sites such as Flickr as being useful only when used in conjunction with a blog. Personally, going through the pictures of the other libraries' Flickr accounts didn't hold my attention for very long. (But then again, I'm one of those people who looses interest in a YouTube video if it's longer than 2 minutes.)
If we were to use the FlickR account, I would provide only a few key pictures in the blog with a link to the rest of the album on FlickR...just in case people want to go the extra mile and see all the pictures. Blogging with pictures seems like a great, easy way for publicity. People can see how awesome our events are and make sure to not miss the next one. :D Plus, it's always fun to see folks you know and your face on a website (provided you're not having a bad hair day or in the witness protection program). I'm sure there are some sort of legal/privacy implications if we were to post pictures of patrons participating in events such as storytimes or events with speakers...but maybe a simple signed release form would fix that.
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