TUMBLR + NYT PHOTO MORGUE = <3 GENIUS <3

I had the honor of working with the Detroit News Photo Morgue during my time as a Digital Librarian for Wayne State University.  Digitizing and dissemination was a challenging not so long ago.  What NYT has done leveraging Tumblr is inspiring.

livelymorgue:

An archival photo from The New York Times shows news pictures being sorted in the newspaper’s photo “morgue,” which houses millions of images. Here they are — several each week — for you to see. Welcome to The Lively Morgue. Photo: The New York Times  

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    I’m ridiculously excited about this…

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