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Archive: January 2021 (4 Posts)

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Flickr Commons: A 13th Anniversary and the COVID-19 American Experiences

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Adam Silvia, Curator of Photography, Prints & Photographs Division. Thirteen years ago, on January 16th, 2008, Flickr announced The Commons, a space where libraries and museums can share photographs with the public, and the public, in turn, can share its collective knowledge with these cultural heritage archives. The …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Marking the New Year with an Old Calendar

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

As we transition to a new year, one of the ways we mark the change is acquiring a new calendar. Even though many of us have moved the tracking of our meetings, tasks, birthdays and other important events to a digital format, I still enjoy a physical calendar, and I especially enjoyed a recent look …