Following on from OCLC’s recent Mashathon, Dave Pattern’s Mashed Library UK 2009, and the imminent publication of the Library Mashups book edited by Nicole Engard, The Library 2.0 Gang turn their attention to the Library Mashup.
Tallin Bingham from SIRSI/Dynix, Marshall Breeding of Library Technology Guides, LibLime’s Nicole Engard, and Google’s Frances Haugen, dip in to this topic for the July show. It is soon clear that successful mashups are all about openly publishing data in a reliable easy form via simple APIs. Library mashups are not just about bibliographic data. Usage data, statistical data, and anonomized patron data are all valuable library sources for mashups.
As with many other technology trends, libraries are going to have to move quickly to keep up with and take advantage of mashups.
Check out the July Library 2.0 Gang Show.
Competition! - Listening to the show should inspire you to enter the Library 2.0 Gang Mashup Idea competition. Send in your idea for a library mashup. It can be as simple or complex as you like. The only restriction being that it must include library data or functionality somewhere within it. The best three, as judged by Nicole Engard and myself, will each receive a copy of the Library Mashups book she has edited. Closing date is August 31st, send your entries to librarygang@talis.com.