DH Week Workshop: Pinterest as Exhibition

DH WeekFebruary 10, 2016

Noreen Whysel

Architecture_MPS

Pinterest as Exhibition

Goals

• Overview of Pinterest as a Platform• Example: Pinterest at Architecture_MPS• Creating a Pinterest Exhibition• Your Turn: Setting Up an Account• Final Thoughts

Overview of Pinterest as a Platform

Example: Pinterest at Architecture_MPS

Who Are Architecture_MPS?

• a research organization led by academics, architects and information professionals

• a scholarly online open-access journal of the same name published through University College London Press(ISSN 2050-9006)

http://architecturemps.com/

Participating Institutions• University College London Press• Adelphi University, NY, US• University of Liverpool, UK• Universidad de Sevilla, Spain• Liverpool John Moores University, UK• Woodbury University, CA, US• Ravensbourne University College, UK• University of Cyprus• and others

Three Main Drives

1. to promote the articles and resources of AMPS

2. to promote the events and conferences hosted by AMPS

3. to add to the wider conversation on architecture and media, politics and society

What’s in our Digital Archive?

Archived Assets

Journal Articles Conference Papers

Archived Assets cont’d

Current ListingsWebliography andResource Guides

Archived Assets cont’d

Images

Special Projects

• #MediatedCity• #AmpsHCF• Architecture as Political Image• Google Open Gallery• Pinterest as Resource Repository

#MediatedCity• Conferences:

– April 1-3, 2016 Bristol, UK– October 2014 Los Angeles

• Publications– Book Series: Digital-Cultural

Ecology and the Mid-Sized City

– Journal Issues• Vol.5, no 2: Hazing Iran: Satellite

Imagery, Human Rights, and City as Camp

• Vol.5, no 4: Framing the Real • Vol.6, no 1: Porocity:

Networking Cities for Climate Change

#AmpsHCF• Conferences– Dec 14-15, 2015 Seville– Apr 8-9, 2015 Liverpool– 2016 Nicosia, Cyprus

Melbourne, and Bristol• Design projects• Book series• Special journal issues• Publications• Film/media/art events

Pinterest as Exhibition

Highlighting Your Collection

Amps Pinterest Boards

Journal Issues on Pinterest (1)

Journal Issues on Pinterest (2)

Amps Conferences on Pinterest (1)

Amps Conferences on Pinterest (2)

Amps Conferences on Pinterest (3)

Pinterest Demo

How to set up an account to showcase a collection

Final Thoughts

Opportunities and Challenges

General Challenges• Striking a balance between citation and curiosity

• Initiating a conversation; engaging and growing followers

• Tie-in from Amps content to current events isn’t always obvious

• Character limits, need to be economical

• Tracking specific links, not just specific pins

Suggestions• Big-picture approach: use materials that will relate to AMPS

content in a broader way

• Paired content: external link and relevant AMPS content

• Five external posts for each internal one

Opportunities

• Engaging followers

• Utilizing available resources, analytics

• New platforms for engagement

Rewards to Our Team• Broader and growing understanding of the topics at the

heart of AMPS

• Learning how social media works as a tool of promotion for an organization has been valuable

• Adopting the tone and eye for content fitting the mandate of AMPS has been a good learning experience

• Finding something that compliments our materials nicely is a good feeling

Rewards to Your Archive• Broader and growing community dedicated to the topics at

the heart of your archive

• Broader discovery of your digital content, your events and your works

• Fulfilling your mandate to preserve, promote and engage the greater public with your materials

• An interested, engaged community brings good feelings to all of your archives patrons, staff and the larger world

Thank You!

Noreen WhyselSocial Media ManagerArchitecture_MPSnwhysel@gmail.com@nwhysel

Rachel Isaac-MenardHead of Research SupportArchitecture_MPSris@architecturemps.com

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