Thing three Image Banks

Image Banks

I had an idea of when I started this course that I would have a theme running through my posts that would give me a topic on which to hang the tasks around and generally make it easier for me to write a blog.  The topic I had chosen was food including gardening and cooking. It may not be very appropriate for my work but it would give me lots of vibrant pictures. 

Using images can bring a minefield of problems. When making posters, writing projects in your own work or helping others with course work copyright can cause confusion. As a librarian I have had to explain to people what they can use and what they can't and how they can use items. I've had to sign agreements with the owners of photographs on how and where it will be used. I sometimes had difficulty explaining this to the person who requested the photograph. 

I have used both pixabay and flikr before. I am part of the WRSLAI committee so I have uploaded uploaded photos of our events to our folder. 

Flikr is a simple to use site with a massive amount of photos. I found the photos here are of a good quality perhaps somewhat better than pixabay. They can however return some results that are unexpected. When searching for beetroot for example I got images of people in swimwear!
 

Creative Commons beetroot by Stijn Nieuwendijk is licensed under CC by NC-ND 2.0

I like pixabay and use it the most because its simple and its free, it generally allows you to select a size of download, and it allows you to select the type of reurn you want eg illustrations, photographs etc. Occasionally however under certain topics it can be limited. In my search for beetroot I was returned illustrations of carrots. I did however find a very nice picture of a beetroot meal without attribution needed. 

If your wondering why pictures of beetroot its because I'm a big fan of it. Roasted and thinly sliced served with walnuts, feta and mixed leaves dressed in a mixture of orange juice and balsamic vinegar. Its very tasty.