[Commons-l] Image donations?

Kevin Gamble kevin_gamble at ncsu.edu
Tue Jun 20 10:09:25 UTC 2006


> Er...you mean for the general public? I support seeking image
> donations for historical topics or specific holes in our coverage, but
> I don't know that we need more general amatuer
> my-dog-in-my-backyard,sunset-over-my-fence,my-street-my-school-my-car
> whatever photos. It seems to me the vetting system would have to
> discard 90% of what they were offered, so I rather question if it
> would be a worthwhile exercise.

I would think there could be some large university collections, etc. that
would be well worth making an effort to acquire (not that that's the right
word). I think a strategy to go after some of these extensive collections
would be well worth the effort.

Kevin





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