[Yulpub] Free Culture! Public Domain Photography on the Web

[Ian McDermott]

Dear Colleagues,

I am working on a new class, "Free Culture! Public Domain Photography 
on the Web," (see abstract below) and I would like to give a demo to 
those interested on Thursday, June 21, at 10:30am in the SML 
electronic classroom. The class runs approx. 1 hour. I intend to 
offer this workshop to students in the fall but I would very much 
like to get some critical feedback first. I wanted to ask those of 
you on this list before opening it up to Yulibl since space is 
limited to 15 people. Please indicate via email if you are 
interested. Thank you in advance for any help and your willingness to 
participate.

"Free Culture! Public Domain Photography on the Web" examines several 
popular websites frequently used to find digitized photographs in the 
public domain. The goal is to compare the (sometimes) fast and 
(relatively) easy use of Google Image, Flickr, and Wikipedia to the 
more trusted, scholarly resources found in the Library of Congress 
Prints and Photographs Division online collections. While a Google 
Image search is sometimes sufficient for quick reference, students at 
Yale should be familiar with the vast collections of a large, 
federally funded cultural organization like the Library of Congress. 
This workshop includes, but is not limited to, a brief introduction 
to the public domain, tracking down high quality images, methods of 
organization (e.g. tagging vs. subject headings), and the potentially 
unlawful copyrighting of public domain materials.

Hope to see some of you next Thursday.

Sincerely,
Ian


Ian McDermott
Kress Fellow
Arts Library
Yale University
270 Crown Street
P.O. Box 208242
New Haven, CT  06520-8242
203.432.2641