These days, libraries and technology go hand in hand. Many
libraries, from academic to public and everything in between,
have embraced social media sites as a way to promote their
libraries and what they can offer to their patrons. A few years
ago it would have been odd for a library to have a Facebook or
Twitter account; today the opposite is true. Pinterest, which
has only been around for about a year (and is still invitation
only), is the fastest growing social media site in the United
States (Constine 2012). According to the blog libraryh3lp, the
social networking site Pinterest “lets users create groupings
(pinboards) of images (pins) they find on the web or upload.
Users can then interact with other people’s pins and pinboards
by “like”ing pins or by following pinboards” (2012). Some
popular and common pinboards on the site have themes of cooking,
favorite books, products, crafts, clothing, and more. Recipes,
tutorials, blogs, websites, and many more kinds of information
are being shared worldwide. Not