More Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data

摘要

This is a follow up to the 2009 book Library mashups by the same editor. Mashup is a music industry term meaning the mixing of two or more songs in various ways. In this book it refers to taking data from multiple channels and mixing the data to provide better services for library patrons. The vocabulary used in the techniques makes My Kitchen Rules come to mind, as the world of cooking provides some of the terms used. An example of a mashup from the first book was one in which the editor used Delicious, com to bookmark all the links found for the book. In these days of fewer staff and greater customer expectations, the recipe approach to blending social media sources for greater efficiency is something that will help library staff without programming skills to create lively and timely communications.