The Library of Congress has opened an account on the photo-sharing site that I (and millions of others) use, flickr.com.
This is the announcement from Flickr inviting all of us to add information to the images:
Back in June of 2007, we began our first collaboration with a civic institution to facilitate giving people a voice in describing the content of a publicly-held photography collection.
The key goals of this pilot project are to firstly give you a taste of the hidden treasures in the huge Library of Congress collection, and secondly to show how your input of a tag or two can make the collection even richer.
You’re invited to help describe photographs in the Library of Congress’ collection on Flickr, by adding tags or leaving comments.
Take a look – some great stuff up there and more to come.