Flickr - Photos on Fire!

You likely have already heard about Lansing Public Library's Celebrity Read Posters, featuring Lansing community leaders.

If you're wondering about the cloud background, it tied in with our year long theme "Lansing Public Library Soars at 70" which tied into the anniversary of the Lansing Municipal Airport, and the Lansing Tri Motors Project.

I recently logged into our Flickr account to see the activity stats on our photos.

The Read Posters have been viewed a surprising number of times.

Here's a list of some of the top hits:
Police Chief McDevitt 462
Fire Chief Gregorovic 179
Lansing Mayor Dan Podgorski 94

Library Trustee Laura Hyzy 248
Library Trustee Bob Lauer 195
Library Board President Tom Nowak 187
Library Trustee Howard Schug 186
Library Trustee Mary Kern 151
Library Trustee Carrie Appold 93 (Carrie's poster was added to Flickr later than the others, she was out of town during the first photo shoot.)

Do people in your community recognize your board members?

Added bonus: The local newspaper, The Times, saw the photos on Flickr, and ended up doing an article, and reprinted mini copies of the posters in the paper! A few people not included in the original batch of posters contacted us because they wanted to be included! A local school librarian requested copies of the posters of the Superintendent, Library Director, and Police & Fire Chiefs to hang in the school library.

We've also uploaded pics from events, then simply emailed the newspaper, letting them know we posted some new photos from a recent event. Then they choose which ones they want to use. They used some of our photos from Flickr in articles about the summer reading program.

The youth & teen department has been handing out small pieces of paper with the link to our flickr account whenever they have an event when they take photos. The recent Rex Checks Out library card promotion event featured a dinosaur cutout where people put their faces in and posed for pictures. Parents who didn't bring their own cameras can just download their own copy of the photo, or email the link to friends and family!


We just got a comment to a pic I posted of a display of red books in our Adult Services Dept. (Our display has been up a few weeks, before Bono & Oprah made red such a hot color!) A library in Florida was inspired to put together a display of orange books, and posted their photo, and a link back to our red display! The librarian in Florida probably wouldn't visit a Chicago suburb to see our book displays, but through Flickr, we're able to share ideas! You can find other library book display photos in this Flickr group.