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The Digital Wunderkammer: Flickr as a Platform for Amateur Cultural and Heritage Content
- Library Trends
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 59, Number 4, Spring 2011
- pp. 686-706
- 10.1353/lib.2011.0022
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Many memory institutions are now digitizing their holdings to provide online access. Although recent developments in technology have allowed users to create high quality digital resources outside institutional boundaries, little consideration has been given to the potential contribution that the general public can make to digitizing cultural heritage. This article seeks to scope the growing trend of the creation of digital images of cultural and heritage materials beyond library, art gallery, or museum walls, particularly focusing on the use of the image-hosting site Flickr (