Open AccessA Virtual Vertical File: How Librarians Utilize Pinterest
Author(s) -
Kate Eckert
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
children and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-7641
pISSN - 1542-9806
DOI - 10.5860/cal.14n2.34
Subject(s) - surprise , world wide web , selection (genetic algorithm) , the internet , social media , internet privacy , computer science , media studies , psychology , sociology , social psychology , artificial intelligence
Past presidents of ALSC—some of whom have been interviewed recently by ALSC’s Oral History Committee—probably would not be surprised at how much children’s services have changed since the 1940s, when ALA formed a Division for Children and Young People (a precursor name to ALSC). But what may surprise many is how computers and the Internet have become omnipresent virtual tools to help children’s librarians with everything from selection to services. Social media—and all its iterations and segments—is a huge part of who librarians are and can be today. Here’s a brief, non-scientific look at how some of our colleagues use one of these tools, Pinterest.