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Flickr Commons is a program that allows cultural institutions with photography collections to share them online with the public. Browse albums from over 100 members, including the Library of Congress, the U.S. National Archives, and the Center for Jewish History.
- The Commons
The copyright is in the public domain because it has...
- Registering Here
The Commons is a feature of Flickr that permits various...
- The Commons
Flickr Commons is a program that allows public institutions to share their images for free. Browse recent uploads, meet some members and enjoy the diversity of historical and cultural content.
Flickr Commons is a special program that supports cultural organizations in sharing their photography collections with the public and gathering new information. Learn about the benefits, requirements, use cases and examples of Flickr Commons.
- Reconnect with The Current Members
- Stuff We Should Just Do
- Alpha Work
- Policy Development
- GeneratedCaptionsTabForHeroSec
We’re still trying to connect with every Commons member. If you’re in the program and haven’t talked to us about all this yet, can you please reach out?
Add new Discovery layer and encourage contribution – commons.flickr.orglaunched Jan 2024Co-design granular, comparative, exportable stats – Flickr company launched improved statsin 2023Streamline onboarding to easily manage membership and participation – Slated for 2024Improve description tools for regular researchers – Slated for 2024These developments have emerged through our research as responses to changes in contemporary practice: 1. Develop content mobilitypolicy to facilitate more accessible movement of content and metadata 2. Co-design support for development of indigenous and dispossessed collections; formally adopt C.A.R.E. Principlesfor data governance 3. Launch Best ...
Everyone we interviewed was concerned about the lack of governance in the program. Cultural institutions have a long history of skilled governance, and it’s no surprise people were nervous about it lacking at Flickr. We saw the need for a collection development policy, because over the last decade, the program has sprawled out in various ways. 1. U...
Flickr Commons is a program that allows cultural institutions to share historical photography collections with the public. Learn how to join, explore, and contribute to this unique collection of over 100 partners in 24 countries.
We’re pleased to share with you a first look at our new Commons Explorer, available at commons.flickr.org. We’ve built the explorer using the standard Flickr API, and have created a secondary database which is updated pretty regularly.
