Pinterest for Law Libraries Kathleen M. Dugan, Esq., MLS Cuyahoga County Law Library April 22, 2016

THE PINTEREST LOGO

WHAT IS PINTEREST? Social Networking: “The visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas.”

HOW DOES PINTEREST WORK? Post or ‘PIN’ images or videos to the site. Post to your own or others’ Boards (i.e. a collection of Pins, usually with a common theme). Browse what other users have pinned.

WHY USE PINTEREST? Promote events at your Library. Make your in-house displays ‘virtual.’ Show off your posters and infographics. Show off “Book Art” (yours and others). The sky’s the limit!

HOW DO I GET STARTED? Create an account at Pinterest.com Pinterest is free. You must create an account to post content. You can only view a few pages before you must sign in.

WHO USES PINTEREST? Law Library Associations (AALL) Academic Law Libraries (CSU) County/Public Law Libraries (CLL) Bar Associations (San Fran.) Patrons

WHAT IS OUR LIBRARY DOING? Our Boards Book Lovers Book Displays Legal History Interesting Library Stuff

STEPS IN PINNING Take a picture or video. Add/upload (from a device or the Web)=PIN Add a brief description. Create a board (name, description, category) or choose an existing board. Promote your PIN.

SEARCHING FOR CONTENT Browsing is fun. Searching is easy. (Search “Law Libraries”) All Pins Your Pins Pinners Boards

LIKING AND FOLLOWING Like Facebook, you can “like” Pinterest pages. Like Twitter, you can “follow” Pinterest pages.

EMAIL & SHARE

HAVE FUN!