Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data - Softcover

Nicole C. Engard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573873721 ISBN 13: 9781573873727

Publisher: Information Today, Inc., 2009

Synopsis

This unique book is geared to help any library keep its website dynamically and collaboratively up-to-date, increase user participation, and provide exemplary web-based service through the power of mashups.

Nicole C. Engard and 25 contributors from all over the world share definitions, tools, techniques, and real life applications. Examples range from ways to allow those without programming skills to make simple website updates, to modifying the library OPAC, to using popular sites like Flickr, Yahoo!, LibraryThing, Google Maps, and Delicious to share and combine digital content.

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Reviews

Editor Engard assembles 21 articles from 25 international contributors to focus on mashups within the library environment. Readers with little knowledge of mashups will find chapters such as “What Is a Mashup?” and “Behind the Scenes: Some Technical Details on Mashups” especially helpful. Other portions of this book cover topics such as mashups in library Web sites, mashups of catalog data, and mashups and media (e.g., photos). Technical details should not overwhelm non-techies. Plenty of screenshots aid in comprehension, although a few seem too small to read easily. One strength of this title is the emphasis on experiences in actual libraries, for example, mashup integration at the Manchester City (NH) Library. One weakness is that little attention is given to mashup accessibility for people with disabilities. A timely and useful resource for those keen on this fairly new technology. --Stephen Fadel

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Today, Inc.
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573873721
• ISBN 13: 9781573873727
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Nicole C. Engard