Yesterday I asked how the GLAM sector can maximise both use and support for our image collections, and whether these two things may involve contradictory actions, Images. We have old images. Now what? .

Of course, we can always try different methods of discovery and do silly and amusing things to attract new users, making the very serious point that the collections are actually there. We can also promote serendipity; something that is often lamented as vanishing by the wayside as we digitise…

So, it’s nice to know that Tim Sherratt, Manager of Trove (and academic at the University of Canberra) has continued his experiments with using facial recognition software to sense-make from large wodges of historical documents.

Tired of your old face? Then visit Dr Sherratt’s Vintage Face Depot .

Follow the instructions on the site and you too may find yourself tweeting something that looks like Image A to @facedepot ….

….and both discovering a new tiny corner of the Trove Newspapers database and looking as attractive and glamourous as Image B…..