1. Curating Online Content
Using Pinterest in Academic Libraries
Roberto Delgadillo, University of California, Davis
Michelle Spomer, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

2. What This Presentation Isn’t…
A Pinterest tutorial
A primer on images, Pinterest, & copyright
An introduction to making cat-shaped meatloaf…

3. …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

4. 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

5. 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 million
October 2015

6. 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.

7. Anything Else? Teaching, Reference, & Information Literacy
Digital Image Collections

8. 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

9. Google Images

10. Google Images

11. Examples: Saint Mary’s College (1)

12. Examples: Saint Mary’s College (2)

13. Examples: UNO Criss Library (1)

14. Examples: UNO Criss Library (2)

15. Examples: Falvey Memorial Library (1)

16. Examples: Falvey Memorial Library (2)

17. Examples: Dept. of Rel. Studies, FIU (1)

18. Examples: Dept. of Rel. Studies, FIU (2)

19. Examples: Roberto’s Boards

20. Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)

21. Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)

22. Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)

23. Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)

24. Examples: Roberto’s Boards (cont’d)

25. WorldCat.org Cite/Export Feature

26. Examples: Barbour Library

27. Examples: Barbour Library (cont’d)
World Religions: Judaism

28. Examples: Barbour Library (cont’d)
Embedded in World Religions LibGuide

29. Q&A ?