Presented by
Melissa Dragoo, Youth Services Librarian, Hamilton East Public Library
Find the
Power Point from this presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/melissadragoo/pinterest-basics-15176828
Pinterest is an electronic pin board
that allows you to organize what you find on the Internet, pin them, and
organize them by topic. With Pinterest you can advertise what the library is
doing—you can organize pins by collections organized by category or craft
ideas, for example. Many people (and libraries) use Pinterest to post ideas and
organize them and to store ideas for future projects. You can also use
Pinterest as a way to promote your library.
Pinterest was
founded in 2010. It is used personally and by businesses. Users can follow
people and they can follow you.
The mission of Pinterest describes what it does:
Our goal is to connect everyone in the world through the
'things' they find interesting. We think that a favorite book, toy, or recipe
can reveal a common link between two people. With millions of new pins added
every week, Pinterest is connecting people all over the world based on shared
tastes and interests.
Sign up for free: www.pinterest.com.
Sign up with an email address, not Facebook. Your user
name will be your url and your account name will be displayed on your Pinterest
page. When setting up a library account, use the following example:
Choosing your Username and Account Name
Example: Generic Public Library
User Name: www.pinterest.com/gpl
Account Name:
First Name: Generic; Last Name: Public Library
Once you have set
up your account, follow five boards. Then create your first board. Leave social
networks off.
To unfollow a board, click on the unfollow button. You
can also choose to follow only one category on a board. You can also pin people
or libraries to follow. Look for pinners and then click ‘follow’. Borrow from
the best and add it to your board. You can also pin ideas from websites. Consider
categories for your board, such as favorite books. Consider an interactive board—“What are you
reading?” Create a page for the town and answer questions about the town’s
history. American Libraries Magazine
has interactive pins.
If you click your add button, you can choose ‘add a pin’,
Then you will type in a website address. Pinterest will search for images you
can pin. If your library has a blog, this is a great way to add original
content of what you are doing at your library as well as promoting your
organization
Doing
If you have an upcoming program, you can promote it via
Pinterest.
You can also link
to your program sign-up pages.
Show library information on your board. Include specific
programs you’re doing and other pins that fit the theme.
Show an awards board, such as Newbery or Pulitzer. The
presenter suggested that one of the best ways for libraries to use Pinterest is
to create visual bibliographies. For
example, pin all of the Newbery books, include a brief summary and the year it won. Visually,
this type of pin is incredibly appealing. You can link it back to our catalog.
If your catalog doesn’t include images, you can upload your own image and link
it to your catalog that way.
Use good keywords for your pins—that is how others find
your pin. Promote buttons so that the pins link to your webpage.
You can’t move pins around. They appear in chronological
order.
Set up a policy for the use of Pinterest by your library.
Guidelines
Number
of pins per week
Decide
which staff members will be responsible.
Decide
whether or not non staff may pin.
Determine
the staff member responsible for monitoring the library’s Pinterest page.
Add
Pinterest policies to the library’s social media policies.
There was great concern early this year that all Pinterest content was
in violation of copyright terms.
A "nopin" HTML meta tag was released by
Pinterest on 20 February 2012 to allow websites to opt out of their images
being pinned. On 24 February 2012, Flickr implemented the code
to allow users to opt out their photos.
Pinterest released a statement in March 2012 saying it
believed it was protected by the DMCA's safe harbor provisions. No major
copyright lawsuits have emerged as of March 2012.
In early May 2012, the site added automatic attribution of
authors on images originating from Flickr, Behance, YouTube and Vimeo. Automatic attribution was
also added for Pins from sites mirroring content on Flickr. At the same time Flickr
added a Pin shortcut to its share option menu to users who have not opted out
of sharing their images.
In March 2012, Pinterest unveiled updated terms of service
that ended the site's claims of ownership once implemented in April.
"Selling content was never our intention", said the company in a blog
post.
To be safe about copyright, type the original
description. If you are pinning images, use advanced searches and filter for usage rights.
The burden is on the infringed
party to notify you to remove an item.
Library Pinterest Pages of Interest:
Useful articles:
http://davidliiking.com/
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