Image Credit : US Library of Congress on Flickr
As I mentioned in a Tweet yesterday, the United States Library of Congress made 3000 images from its collections available on Flickr under a No Known Copyright Restrictions proviso. Not only are the images superb technically and aesthetically, they are well annotated, adding great value to the collection, the Flickr community, learners, and of course The Library itself. Congratulation's!
This just goes to show what is possible given a will, let's hope that some of the gatekeepers of archives and collections on this side of the pond may begin to understand the benefits of looking to the future and allow their collections to be rather more accessible than they are at the present time.
So what is the status of these images? How can we use them in an educational setting?
Posted by: Paul Williams | January 22, 2008 at 09:51 PM
As far as I can gather there are no known Copyright restrictions on the images, as indicated by the LOC link in the post, therefore you should be able to use them in an educational context with a clear conscience. I would suggest it is good policy and etiquette to credit the library in any work that use the images.
As for the images themselves the quality and the content would make them useful for both interpretive studies or to edit visually. I would also recommend reading the Blog set up to accompany the project. http://www.loc.gov/blog/
Posted by: Theok | January 22, 2008 at 10:45 PM