Curating Online Content Using Pinterest in Academic Libraries Roberto Delgadillo, University of California, Davis Michelle Spomer, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
What This Presentation Isn’t… A Pinterest tutorial A primer on images, Pinterest, & copyright An introduction to making cat-shaped meatloaf…
…And What It Is An introduction to online content curation A smidge on copyright An overview of how academic libraries are using Pinterest (with examples galore) How Roberto and I are using Pinterest Q&A
Content Curation & Pinterest Content curation is… “..the act of discovering, gathering, and presenting digital content that surrounds specific subject matter.” (EContent magazine) Pinterest is… “…a social curation website for sharing and categorizing images found online” (WhatIs.com) a “…visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas” (Pinterest) Other tools to consider… Historypin, Scoop.it, Storify, Learnist, Tumblr
A Few Numbers Median age of a Pinterest user is 40 30% of all US social media users are Pinterest users Total Number of Monthly Active Pinterest Users - 100 million www.omnicoreagency.com/pinterest-statistics/ October 2015
What Are Academic Libraries Doing? College Prep First-year Students Outreach & Events General Library Collection New Acquisitions Recommended Reading Lists Faculty Publications Promoting the Library, Reading, Etc.
Anything Else? Teaching, Reference, & Information Literacy Digital Image Collections
A Smidge On Copyright Run your images through the four fair use factors Purpose Nature of work Amount Market effect Use tools to select usable images Pinning buttons Creative Commons images Google image search
Google Images
Google Images
Examples: Saint Mary’s College (1) https://www.pinterest.com/smclibrary/
Examples: Saint Mary’s College (2)
Examples: UNO Criss Library (1) https://www.pinterest.com/unocrisslibrary/
Examples: UNO Criss Library (2)
Examples: Falvey Memorial Library (1) https://www.pinterest.com/falveylibrary/
Examples: Falvey Memorial Library (2)
Examples: Dept. of Rel. Studies, FIU (1) https://www.pinterest.com/fiureligion/
Examples: Dept. of Rel. Studies, FIU (2)
Examples: Roberto’s Boards https://www.pinterest.com/rcdelgadillo
Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)
Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)
Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)
Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)
Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)
WorldCat.org Cite/Export Feature
Examples: Barbour Library www.pinterest.com/barbourlibrary
Examples: Barbour Library (cont’d) World Religions: Judaism
Examples: Barbour Library (cont’d) Embedded in World Religions LibGuide
Q&A ?