Is there anything wrong with taking pictures of Library books and then posting said pictures to a blog?
It’s only an issue if it violates any of the terms of your employment, and, even if it doesn’t, I would highly recommend communicating your plans to your employers, so they aren’t surprised by it down the road. It’s a great idea for a blog and could be great publicity for the library. I have often thought about doing something similiar, but already have so many projects going on my blog that I need to finish a few before I start anything that would involve me going back and forth to the library. Good luck with it, and be sure to post it into projects!
Another thing to consider: your university might want you to start a blog about their library, for any number of reasons: projecting an intellectual image, encouraging students to be interested in their resources, increasing web presence… I’d pitch this to your boss as an official project! You can check out some top university library sites to see how they ‘market’ their rare books online.
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