Pinning an image from a website will create a link to the image’s source. This is a fun, attractive way to bookmark useful sites for future use because you can look at a picture to easily remember why you thought it was interesting in the first place.
Follow other Pinterest users to see their pins show up on your homepage. You can find new ideas, “re-pin” onto your own pinboards or “like” photos.
Thing #13 – Register for a Pinterest account
Go to www.pinterest.com
and Join Pinterest. Register using
your email or use your Facebook or Twitter account.
Using your Facebook or Twitter account is a good way to
build a following because it is easy for your friends and followers from those
accounts to find you. You can customize your setting so your Pinterest activity
is posted in those accounts as well.
Thing #14 – Create a Pinterest board
When you create your account, you will start off with a few
preset boards. To create your own boards hover over your name in the top-right
to see the menu and select Boards. Then
click on Create a Board
Name your board and select a category to make it easier for
others to find. Then Create Board.
Thing #15 – Find library related Pinterest boards to follow
Library related Pinterest boards generally fall into one of
two categories: marketing or inspiration.
Libraries use Pinterest to:
- Pin book covers. Many libraries feature the covers of new books. Read-alike lists for popular books such as the Hunger Games and Fifty Shades of Grey make great Pinterest boards. Or how about Staff Picks? “What NYPL is Reading” contains reading recommendations by librarians. Or you can showcase a collection, like Edmonton Public Libraries’ “Aboriginal Collection at EPL”.
- Share archival material. Skokie Public Library’s “Skokie History” board focuses on buildings, people and events from the history of the village.
- Advertise programs., Edmonton Public Library advertises their movie nights by posting pictures of the movie posters on their “EPL Film Series” board.
Libraries and library staff can find and share ideas for:
- Library design. For planning renovations (ex. “Library Design”, created by staff in the AWK Library Region.
- Programs and craft projects. In the York region, staff shared ideas for the 2012 Summer Reading Club using a collaborative board, Library-SRC 2012-Superheroes.
Hint: search for the term “library” in Pinterest. Narrow the
search to “Pinners” and you will see which libraries are pinning.
Cool Extra Thing – Create an image and post it to your blog or pin it on your Pinterest board
As we learned last week, images are protected by copyright law. Using images on Pinterest offers no exceptions. The Pinterest user agreement says that users should only post that which they have copyright permission to post and the company that owns Pinterest absolves itself of any liability.
Make sure you have the right to use the images you pin. Pin
book covers from the library catalogue. Pin images that use the
Creative Commons license. If the website or post you are pinning from has its
own “Pin it” button, the creator is giving you permission to pin. Always give
credit to the creator of an image and always link to the original source of the
image. For more information, look at Pinterest’s section on pin etiquette.
You avoid copyright issues by posting original images.
To upload and pin your own image click on Add
Then select “Upload a Pin”
Browse to find an
image file you’ve saved on your computer, select which pinboard you would like
to post to and Pin it.
Use some of the tools you learned about last week to create your own image and post it to your blog or pin it to your Pinterest board. It could be something that promotes your library, libraries in general or reading!
