Awesometown Trading Cards

Awesometown Trading Cards
Originally uploaded by Lord Mayor of Awesometown

I could make my own Magic cards for a magic program, and then destroy everyone that shows up with my non-regulation deck!

But in all seriousness, this is great! You could have an entire program just centered around making your own trading cards! In the department you could make cards, or movie posters featuring your department. It would be a great way to get the faces of the department out for people to see. I think these have great potential in the children's department.

Thinking as a possible school media specialist, these could be used to enhance understanding of different subjects. You could make a trading card deck for a kingdom of animals, or a genre of writing (imagine British Literature, The Collectible Card Game!).

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Originally uploaded by Lord Mayor of Awesometown

One time Corduroy came to the library. He rode a skateboard.

Using pictures like this in the library for promotion and for people to see just what we're up to is a great way to build publicity. Plus, people love seeing pictures of themselves from events, it is a proven fact backed by years of research. You could also use imageshack, or photobucket, both of which I have used in the past, but I don't think they are as good as flickr. The whole attachment to my yahoo! id and the ability to link to my blog is a great way to streamline the process.

The thing about these photosharing websites is their completely public, so you shouldn't put anything on there that you wouldn't want the whole world to see. This applies to most things on the internet.

Flickr is cool. I like it.