Nov 30 2008
The Commons on Flickr
I was playing through Twitter and took a second to check out the Flickr blog. Interestingly, there was a post about National Library of New Zealand becoming the 16th institution to become part of The Commons of Flickr. Historic images are now available from the National Library of NZ on Flickr. The title of the blog post, Sweet Suxteen, takes a gentle poke at the kiwi accent. Here is a video from the blog post that introduces exactly what this means:
I had a look at some of the images and was struck by how rugged New Zealand once looked. There are some beautiful photos here. These would be an interesting resource when comparing changes to the New Zealand countryside from the past to today. I was also interested in the photos of some of the ships that sailed around New Zealand in the 1880s. It would have been amazing to see a harbour filled with boats such as these.
I was looking at one wide angled image and noticed that there was a link to where the image was stored on the Timeframes website. The image there was zoomable so you could really investigate the finer details within the image. I think it is great to see more of New Zealand’s heritage being made available through the web.
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Wow what a resource thanks for sharing, If it wasn’t for our pln’s there is no way we would ever keep up with the new stuff.
Thanks for giving the heads up on the national library and creative commons. I showed our ict committee the matapihi site which has a bunch of contributors any way I like their showcase groupings which collect images around evocative themes. Visual language is incredibly powerful and unrivalled as a memory tool. Wow nice boat. I would like to be able to time travel.
Matapihi includes:
Alexander Turnbull Library
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland City Libraries
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Christchurch City Libraries
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
The New Zealand Film Archive Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua
Otago Museum
Puke Ariki
Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The University of Auckland Library
University of Canterbury Library
University of Otago Library, including Hocken Collections