OK, all of you “Pinners” in the Jefcoed library world. We have a contest especially made for YOU! Michelle wroteabout Pinterest on a blog post several weeks ago, and hopefully several of you have started using this tool for curating your ideas as well as others’ ideas on various boards. I know that several of you are Pinterest addicts because you follow me, and I, you! It’s a lot of fun, and I’ve learned so much from you and others in the Pinterest world.
I ran across Joyce Valenza’s blog post today, and got really excited when I saw that it pertained to Pinterest. Say the word, and I’m all about reading anything Pinterest related. Rather than recap her post, I’ve copied and pasted it below so that you can read it and see if the contest is something that would interest you. If so, the contest rules link is at the bottom of Joyce’s post.
You can also view her original post here: http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2012/03/07/syracuse-poses-a-pinterest-contest/
Good luck, and happy pinning!
from NeverEndingSearch by joycevalenza
I am beginning to love Pinterest as a tool for searching, exploring, and curating visual content. Teachers and librarians are currently settling this visual territory with their boards of professional content.
In the spirit of Pinterest Challenges, the iSchool at Syracuse University just announced a forward-thinking, library-flavored Pinterest challenge. Participants are invited to share their new library vision on Pinterest, the highly popular, visual (and pretty) curation network.
The Pinterest Contest for the New Librarianship is a search for a a few good boards that define and illustrate the future of our profession.
But, well beyond the contest itself, the resulting boards should demonstrate the value of this tool for creating communities of practice and visual professional sharing. I am hoping it will create beautiful inspiration for us all.
Kelly Lux, Executive Editor of Information Space and Social Media Strategist and Community Manager for the iSchool, writes of the Pinterest platform,
"communities revolving around shared interests are creating dialogue that transcends borders. Librarians are using it as a way to build a collection of resources, organize display ideas and facilitate collaboration. The Pinterest community is a reflection of your local community—members include Moms swapping recipes, lifelong educators and professionals networking and making their experience a resource for others, young people building their careers and defining their lives, artists and entrepreneurs sharing their products and services."
Lux shares the example of librarian Joe Murphy’s boards
Source: learningtimesevents.org via Joe on Pinterest
To enter the Pinterest Contest for the New Librarianship challenge, submit your Pinterest Board URLs in any of these three ways:
- Tweet the @iSchoolSU using the hashtag #NewLibPinterest
- Leave a comment on their Facebook page under the contest post
- Share via your comment in the blog post announcing the event
Winners will receive a copy of David Lankes’ ground-breaking and provocative Atlas of New Librarianship.
Entries will be accepted through March 19th. So start pinning your library future right now!
No comments:
Post a Comment