Apr 8th, 2007
365 Library Days Project: The Beginning
Will you join in? What do you think of the idea? The group is up and ready to go, so why not learn more? Here’s the idea:
Let’s get as many libraries as we can to sign up for and actively participate in a customized, library friendly version of the 365 project. That would mean that if you decide to participate, you would commit to downloading at least 365 pictures from in, around or about the library you work in, for and/or with. Uploading a picture every day for 365 days in this case wouldn’t be practical for most folks, but committing to 365 images in a year could be done fairly easily. It could also have HUGE value for your library.
Just imagine what a valuable historic document you could create for your library with this project! And while you’re at it, at the end of your year commitment, you could contact your local newspaper and tell them about the project, where they could do a story and print selected pictures that you took over the year. Such a substantive advocacy project! It would demonstrate in very real ways, ways that get lost to many people in your community, that you and your library are doing important work every day of the year!
If you decide to take part, please add the photos you upload for the project into this group.
If you take part, please also tag the pictures you take for this project with the tag: 365libs
Finally, if you have any questions, I am willing to help. Drop me (Michael Porter, libraryman on flickr) a line via flickr mail or email me and I’ll help you get things running if you have any trouble.
Take pictures in/about/for your library! Share them! Join this community! Use this project and it’s collection as a powerful advocacy tool!
See you around the 365 Library Days Project Page!
PS-I almost never ask for this sort of thing, but this is a real community based project. So… if you think this 365 Library Days Project is a good idea, please give it a plug on your blog or in your conversations with your fellow library folks out there so we can get more libraries involved. The potential here from an advocacy perspective really is substantial!
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What a great idea! Blogged on the ALA network!
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aleshka17: Yes, upload to flickr, though you certainly wouldn’t have to use flickr to do the project. Using the linkage in the blog post, you can see where to go to join in. If you get stuck just let me know.
btw, I couldn’t read your blog, but am always so heartened to see “us” library folks blogging about our work around the world. Good luck and keep up the good work!
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i’m definitely up for the challenge. i’ve only just started at this library so it’ll be a nice reflection of my first year here.
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EXCELLENT idea, Michael!
Your inspired project is making its speedy way through the librarysphere.
Very cool.
-sarah
Yay! Let’s hope that there is a lot of follow through and in a year we start hearing stories about libraries taking their year long 365 Library Days Project documentation to their local media outlets to get some amazing, top notch press coverage they they help shape. It would be a dream come true if that happens! Can you imagine? Woo hoo!
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Great idea! Will plug this on the Calif. Academic Research Libraries North Information Technology Interest Group blog (http://carlnit.blogspot.com).
–Christine Holmes, SJSU Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Library.
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