The 10 ways to use Flickr in a library seems to me to be only 3. There's Flickr presence, marketing (collection, events, services), and preservation (the dreaded off-site storage).
Conversely, "how Flickr is different from traditional photosharing web sites" would seem to invite very different library uses. For example, we might share images from the library's collection to encourage tagging by outsiders so as to create better access to the images. We might create an image library of the community to ensure that there were no gaps in coverage. We might add cataloging terms as tags to Flickr images to improve access for everyone and influence tagging trends. Essentially, we need to look at collaborating with the public, not just marketing to the public, which is all I hear Stephens saying. Otherwise, I fear that we will miss the more profound aspects of Web 2.0. It's as thought a librarian looked at the Model T Ford and saw the potential for a bookmobile, but not parking lots and drive up windows and Chiltons manuals.
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I didn't think that "10 ways to use Flickr in the library" article was too helpful either. And I liked how you used the car metaphor to explain collaborating with the public.
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