The document discusses mashup apps and community development. It notes that "mashups" had not emerged as a buzzword the previous year like terms such as "folksonomy", "tagging", and "delicious" had. The presentation aims to discuss what the mashup trend means for libraries and how they should prepare for future developments, as mashups combine data from multiple sources into a single application.

1. Mashup Apps:
Community Dev
John Blyberg
Chris Deweese
Internet Librarian 2006
Monterey, CA
Good afternoon, bla bla bla....
It seems to me that every year another set of buzzwords emerge
at conferences like these. Last year it was stuff like “folksonomy”,
“tagging”, “delicious”, “flickr”.
“Mashups”, however, hadn’t “hit” yet. This year is a different
story.
So, I’m not going to dwell too much on the definition of mashups,
since previous sessions have already done that. Instead, I wanted
to talk a little bit about what the mashup philosophy means to
libraries, and what we should be thinking about in terms of
reacting to the mashup trend and preparing for what’s possibly
next.
In case you missed any number of previous sessions, a