I thought of a use for Flickr in libraries right away. Libraries often take photos of programs and then toss them in the back of some old file cabinet. Years later another librarian will find them while cleaning out the cabinets and throw them out because (s)he doesn't have a clue who, when or what the photos are about.
Flickr could help us preserve the activities of a library at a certain point in history and keep a record for future librarians and library users.
What about archives? The library could store old photos and other scannable items that document the life of the community in Flickr. They could be made as public as the donor allows them to be--perhaps made accessible to researchers and historians?
Mashups are a very new idea to me. Off the top of my head I thought it would be fairly simple to create a labelled map to guide patrons to nearby businesses that provide fax services.
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