This made my morning. Flickr’s Commons project, which the Library of Congress helped to get off the ground and that I helped with from the Library’s side, was featured in today’s USA Today.
In the article, they give an update on the success of the project for the Library of Congress…
Six months into the project, the library has been able to update 500 photo records with new information provided by Flickr users — everything from names of people and places in photographs to specific airplane models shown in photos, says Helena Zinkham, acting chief of the Prints and Photographs Division.
And go on to say…
Both partners call the project a success. The photos have garnered 8.2 million views and 5,000 comments, and The Commons has attracted five other institutions: The Powerhouse Museum in Australia, the Toulouse Library in France, the Brooklyn Museum in New York and the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
8.2 million views. Holy crap man! That’s a lot.
I hope that you all will subscribe to the Library’s photos. They’re adding more all the time. Plus, keep tagging and adding info to them. This way more folks will be able to find them and enjoy them.
By the way, here’s one of the cool photos that the Library recently put on Flickr:
Oatmeal Stout - Justin Thorp's blog 
Yeah it’s a pretty cool project. The library tries to post about 50 photos every week.
Hopefully they don’t run out anytime soon!
Very cool. Justin, congratulations to you and others who worked at the Libary of Congress who had the vision and drive to make this such a huge success.