Once we started to brainstorm, we came up with options that seemed more
promising. One very small local institution was putting up older local
images, most of which had no metadata at all. The suggestion was that the
find a group of younger people (high school classes, college students,
eagle scouts?) with laptops, and forms to fill out (who, what, when, why,
etc.) and send them around to local nursing homes to see if any of the
patients were interested in helping identify what the images pictured and
who was in them. Something like that takes some time and expertise to
organize, but it might bring numerous rewards to the small institution, and
it's a good enough story that the local media should be all over it.
>Actually, if the library can spare the time, these would make fabulous Eagle Scout or Girl Scout Gold Award projects. Tell them what needs to be done and provide some basic training. Tthe kids can take over from there and train their workforce. They are supposed to plan most of the project.
Lenora
Girl Scout Leader/Boy Scout mother/Librarian
Received on Tue Nov 06 2012 - 15:20:16 EST