Mashups for Libraries

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  1. Library Mashups Exploring new ways to deliver library data Nicole C. Engard, Book Editor
  2. What is a Mashup?
    • A web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool
      • an example is the use of data from Google Maps to add location information to real-estate data, thereby creating a new and distinct web service that was not originally provided by either source
    www.trulia.com
  3. Mashup Terminology
    • Web Service
      • a technology that enables information and communication exchange between different applications
      • Application Programming Interface (API)
      • a set of functions, procedures or classes for accessing a web service that allow a computer program to access and manipulate data on a web service the same way that a website interface lets the human user surf and dive into its content
  4. Mashup Terminology
    • REpresentational State Transfer (REST)
      • the simplest and thus by far the most used protocol in the creation of mashups
      • requests employ a URL containing the API parameters, and is transmitted using GET or POST over HTTP
    • SOAP
      • relies on international standards and protocols and has been adopted primarily in the enterprise world
      • requires that both the requests sent by the service consumer and the answers returned by the service provider be wrapped in XML
  5. Types of Mashups www.programmableweb.com
  6. Mashups and Libraries: Why?
    • Provide better services to our patrons
    • Added value to our websites and catalogs
    • Promoting library services where the patrons are
  7. Mashups and Libraries: How?
    • Ask vendors for APIs
    • Mashup library data with popular services
    • Put your library out there
    • Create RSS feeds for library content
  8. Mashup Tools
  9. Yahoo! Pipes
    • Allows you to pull in many sources of data and mash it up into one source
      • pipes.yahoo.com
  10. Dapper
    • Use Dapper to create new means for people to access your content. Create RSS feeds, widgets, and APIs with your content and links.
      • www.dapper.net
  11. Mashups for Fun & Function
  12. Shopping
    • Mashups like WiiNearby help you find this year’s hot gifts by merging together ads from several sources on a Google Map
    • http://wiinearby.net
  13. Fun with Images
    • Mash up your Flickr ( www.flickr.com ) images and create badges, posters, games and so much more
    • http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/
  14. Find me Lunch
    • Need help finding someplace to go for lunch? Try Lunchbox
    • Powered by Yelp & includes reviews
    • http://lunchbox.allbusiness.com
  15. Real Estate
    • Trulia mashes up MLS data with a Google Map
      • www.trulia.com
    • Zillow mashes up MLS data with Microsoft Maps
      • www.zillow.com
  16. Weather
    • Weather Bonk mashes up weather forecasts and live webcams on a Google Map
    • weatherbonk.com
  17. Favorite Links
    • doggdot.us
      • digg, slashdot, and delicious/popular all show favorite links - So why not combine them into a unified format? View all of the recent links in one place
  18. Ubiquity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvjdXNnRMfU
  19. Find More
    • You can find more popular mashups by browsing at the ProgrammableWeb
      • http://www.programmableweb.com/popular
  20. Mashups for Libraries
  21. Map Library Locations
    • Simplest mashup – location mashup
      • www.hcplc.org/hcplc/liblocales/
  22. Repository Map
    • Combine data about repositories from different data providers, and mash it up on a Google Map in order to visually display information about the repositories.
      • maps.repository66.org
  23. Collections on Flickr
    • Share your collection on Flickr and then bring it into your website (now it’s accessible from multiple places and re-mashable)
      • http://accessceramics.org
      • http://flickr.com/commons
      • http://flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
  24. Mapping Pictures
    • C reate a map with pictures from your collection or your library/librarians
      • www.widgetbox.com/widget/mapsack-flickr-map
  25. Find Books by Setting
    • Using several APIs CodexMap lists books on a map based on where they’re set or the location they cover
      • http://codexmap.com/codexmap.php
  26. Website Mashups
    • Join any service with an RSS feed
      • Blogs, Wikis, Flickr, Calendars, Bookmarks, etc
    • Delicious
      • www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/reference/consumer.html
      • www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/reference/consumers.html (w/out)
    • Flickr and Blog
      • http://216.204.202.157/website/Default.aspx?alias=216.204.202.157/website/library
  27. OPAC Mashups
    • Can be harder than most others because of the proprietary nature of our systems
      • What to do?
        • Work with vendors to get APIs to your data so you can re-mash it
        • Find APIs that generate JavaScript because they can easily be integrated
  28. WorldCat Search API
    • Not free – available to members of OCLC
      • www.oclc.org/worldcatapi/
    • Facebook WorldCat Application
      • http://apps.facebook.com/worldcat/
  29. Where the Patrons Are
    • If your services offer APIs and/or RSS feeds you can often send your content out to sites where patrons are
      • Facebook Pages
  30. Mashup Tools
    • Play Time
  31. Yahoo! Pipes
    • Let’s create some content mashes to use on our websites or other pages on the web
      • pipes.yahoo.com
  32. Learn More
    • Library Mashups:
    • Exploring new ways to deliver library data
    • Edited by Nicole C. Engard
    • Published by Information Today, Inc., 2009
  33. Thank You
    • Nicole C. Engard
    • Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
    • [email_address]
    • The Book:
    • Published by Information Today in 2009

+ Nicole C. EngardNicole C. Engard, 2 years ago

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