New York State Summer Reading

Summer reading programs are well underway at this point. For me, that  means most of the work that I do for the NYS 2013 summer reading site is done. This year I took advantage of […]

Pinterest Contest Idea from Peachpit

Peachpit Press, the folks that publish the great Visual Quickstart series (and more!), are running a nifty Pinterest board competition. Basically you create a board with the name they provided, repin their pin with the […]

Friday Picks: March 30, 2012

Some interesting things I’ve run across this week. Trying to restart my “New & Not So New” posts that I used to do! ‘New Librarianship’ Pinterest Boards -  Contest that was run by the Syracuse […]

Pinterest: Tips for locating original images

If you’re having as much fun with Pinterest as I am, you’ve probably noticed that many pinned images don’t link back to an original source. Or worse, they don’t link back to any source at […]

Pinterest and WordPress

When I searched the WordPress plugin directory for “Pinterest” 2 weeks ago, I found 20 plugins. Today there are nearly 50.  These plugins add PinIt buttons to your posts and pages, provide options for displaying […]

Pinterest: curation, image sharing, collaborating, bookmarking & obsession

Like so many other folks, I’m having a lot of fun with Pinterest. When it released invitations last spring, I grabbed one and included it in my school library workshops as a way for students […]