The National Library on Flickr
In June 2007 the National Library started a pilot to share digitised copies of come of the photographs in the Alexander Turnbull Library on the photo-sharing site Flickr. We hoped that sharing the images on Flickr would introduce them to a new audience.
National Library's photostream on Flickr
In June 2008 we reviewed our first year on Flickr in a post on our LibraryTechNZ blog.
Learnings from our Flickr pilot - LibraryTechNZ blog
The National Library and The Commons on Flickr
In November 2008 the National Library joined The Commons on Flickr. The Commons programme has two objectives:
- To increase access to publicly-held photography collections
- To provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge.
National Library images that are part of The Commons are marked as "no known copyright". This means that the Library is not aware of any current copyright restrictions on this work, either because the term of copyright on the work has expired, or because no evidence has been found that copyright restrictions apply to the work.
We are making these images available for people to discover, comment on, share and use. We welcome you to:
- leave a comment or tag an image on The Commons if you can share information about it
- share the image on your own website or blog
- use the image for your own creative work.
You can help us spread the enjoyment of our collections by linking back to the image on Flickr when you share or use a work we've added to The Commons.
To the best of our knowledge, all images we add to The Commons have no copyright restrictions. However, we can't guarantee that sharing these images may not inadvertently infringe upon the rights of copyright holders unknown to us. We also can't guarantee that your use of these images will not inadvertently infringe on copyright holders' rights, and we can't accept liability if this should happen.
If you have more information about the copyright status of any of the Library's images on The Commons, please email us: website.changes@natlib.govt.nz.
