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January 16, 2024

The Commons Turns 16!

Flickr Commons started sixteen years ago today!

“The Commons exists to show you hidden treasures in the world’s public photography archives and how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer. You’re invited to help describe the photographs you discover here, either by adding tags or leaving comments.”

Here’s the Flickr announcement of our initial pilot project with the Library of Congress (and here’s their blog post about the partnership).

A few other milestones got us to where we are today, including George Oates’ return and her research on where the Commons can go, culminating in The launch of the Flickr Foundation. A very sweet birthday indeed.

Four Principles for Reflective Web Archiving

Jill Blackmore Evans returns to put forth four principles for enacting Reflective Web Archiving, to deliver a more responsible, equitable and usable web archive for the future. 

Flickr Foundation goes Dutch!

Tori shares her highlights from Flickr Foundation's big week in the Netherlands talking data care and digital commons

Creative Commons 4.0 has arrived on Flickr!

"As the home of the largest collection of Creative Commons-licensed photos on the planet, Flickr has long championed the power of CC licensing..."