Launching a Flickr Presence for Saint Paul College Library

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by Diana Tallent8 views·Updated Jun 28, 2021
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  1. The Saint Paul College Library is currently in a very
  2. sad state of affairs.
  3. We're missing a huge opportunity to engage with our campus
  4. community because we have zero social media presence.
  5. Saint Paul College Library is located in Saint paul Minnesota.
  6. It's an Urban Community College Library serving approximately 5000 full
  7. time students, many international and first generation students And a
  8. diverse student body with 65% students of color flicker is
  9. an image and video hosting platform and online community.
  10. It's used by many libraries to connect with and engage
  11. their communities.
  12. Why should the Saint paul College Library use flicker, Flicker
  13. has more than 60 million monthly users?
  14. It's visually engaging, which is especially good for drawing in
  15. students such as the ST paul College international students whose
  16. first language is not english, it's user centric with millions
  17. of openly licensed photographs and it's accessible to anyone with
  18. a device and internet connection and can link to things
  19. like the reserves.
  20. And while admittedly the opposite is true that those without
  21. a device or internet connection would not be able to
  22. access flickers, digital content.
  23. The college has made a commitment to provide laptops and
  24. hotspots to every student who needs them.
  25. Some recommended best practices for ways the Saint Paul College
  26. Library can use flicker are creating an engaging alternative to
  27. lip guides using flicker notes to link directly to our
  28. catalogue. Something I was surprised to find.
  29. We could do a bonus that I love is that
  30. marketing our collection should drive up circulation and increase usage
  31. of some previously overlooked materials.
  32. Creating visually interactive displays.
  33. Would give us a chance to highlight our digital collections
  34. by creating a slide show of an image collection.
  35. Another great application for flicker in our library would be
  36. to share snapshots of the progress being made on our
  37. upcoming renovation project.
  38. Even though the library will be closed, we can still
  39. connect with our community and generate buzz and excitement about
  40. r. Reopening, establishing a flicker account for the ST paul
  41. College Library would be a great way to reach out
  42. to and better serve our campus community in a new
  43. and exciting way.
  44. Here is more information if you'd like to read more
  45. about how flicker could serve the Saint Paul College Library
  46. well.