Flickr is a great tool for browsing photos to accompany a project or blog post, but I also find it incredibly fun to just browse and I learn a great deal about worthwhile projects or issues, such as this one, the Lubuto Library Project.
The Lubuto Library Project is a charitable organisation which aims to bring education and opportunities to African children who would otherwise have no access to schools or education, or are homeless. They operate as reading rooms and provide educational programs and support for children who would otherwise fall through the cracks in society. This is a perfect example of the library as a community service and hub for connecting people with support and services and most importantly, each other, which I believe is the library of the future. We talk about technology and libraries being the way forward, but I sincerely believe that our future lies in community capacity building and the connection of community through partnerships and offering a place for people to come together, in a society which is becoming further disconnected.
Visit the Lubuto Libraries Project Website
Lubuto Library Project. 2007. Children at the First Lubuto Library reading books. [image online] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lubutolibraryproject/2573819152/ [Accessed: 22 Mar 2014].
This Flickr image is part of a collection of photographs depicting the progress of the Lubuto Library Project - a charitable project providing libraries and education opportunities for African street children. The Luboto Flickr collection contains over 4000 images from 2007 to the present day. The image I have shared is from 2007 and while this is quite dated, later images are not Creative Commons attributed so are unable to be shared. The Flickr account this photo has been linked from is owned by the Lubuto Library Project. The website contains authoritative information and data to support the claims made through captions on Flickr shared images, substantiated through published Annual Reports, contact details and full credentials of advisors and Board Members, which can be verified through Google searches. The copyright of the website, however, is 2012, so this may be slightly out of date.
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