Library of Congress Taps Web 2.0 for User Photo Expertise


	Library of Congress Taps Web 2.0 for User Photo Expertise

iteachcomputers

1-17-2008 10:20 PM

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iteachcomputers says:

Library of Congress collections are amazing primary resources for the study of history. It's so cool that mainstream social networking users get to participate in tagging the collections.

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