Jenny Morgan and Jacqui TaylorLibraries and Learning InnovationLeeds Beckett University

To Pin or not to Pin?

“Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.”Ahlqvist,T et al.(2008).

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Helen Loughran and Jenny Morgan, Libraries and Learning InnovationLeeds Beckett University

Pinterest Boards

National Libraries Day“Love your Library”

Challenges - Pinterest and Copyright

Challenges - Pinterest and Copyright

Checklist

• Plan ahead• Identify possible resources• Permission email• List of approved websites• List of approved book covers• Copyright on images

How we do it

Conclusions

Any questions?

Jenny MorganSenior Information Services LibrarianLeeds Beckett Universityj.e.morgan@leedsbeckett.ac.uk@jennylm54

Jacqui TaylorWeekend Services LibrarianLeeds Beckett Universityj.a.taylor@leedsbeckett.ac.uk@Wlibrarian

ReferencesAhlqvist, Toni; Bäck, A., Halonen, M., Heinonen, S (2008). Social media road maps exploring the futures triggered by social media. VTT Tiedotteita - Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (2454): pp.13.

Hansen, K. et al. (2012) Pinterest as a tool: Applications in Academic Libraries and Higher Education. Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice Research, 7 (2) pp. 2-11.

Jisc Legal (2012) Pinterest image sharing and the law [Online] Available from: http://jiscleg.al/Pinterest

Jisc Legal (2012) Pinterest image sharing and the law [Online video] Available from: http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/FeaturedVideo/aid/2925.aspx

Jisc Legal (2013) How to: use book cover images to promote library books on Pinterest – and remain copyright compliant [Online] Avaialable from: http://jiscleg.al/Howtobookcovers

McDermott, Irene, E. (2012) Pinterest for Libraries. Searcher, 20 (4) May, pp.7-45.

Pinterest - Leeds Beckett Library http://uk.pinterest.com/beckettlibrary/

ReferencesPotter, N (2015) Library comms are like tapas: lots of small elements make an effective whole. Ned-Potter.com 13 April [Online Blog]. Available from: <http://www.ned-potter.com/blog/library-comms-are-like-tapas-lots-of-small-elements-make-an-effective-whole>

Thornton, E (2012) Is your Academic Library Pinning? Academic Libraries and Pinterest. Journal of Web Librarianship, 6 pp. 164-175.

Ward Sell, Catriona (2015) Pinning it down: An evaluation of Pinterest’s function in the British academic library. Sconul Focus, 62. pp.37 - 41. 

West, Angela (2012) What you should know about Pinterest and copyright. PC World: Business Center [Online] February 26. Available from: <http://www.pcworld.com/article/250700/what_you_should_know_about_pinterest_and_copyright.html>

Images

Creativity in progress by Amanad Hirsch on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/creativedc/2939649520/sizes/l

The art of Pinterest by MkhMarketing on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8469730170/sizes/l

Copyright sign made of jigsaw pieces separated by Horla Varlan on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4522267829/sizes/l

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