[Air-L] New Book > _Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data_

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

Colleagues/

 

A Must Buy / Read / Use Unique New Book / Now Available !

 

 /Gerry 

 

 _Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data_ / Edited
by Nicole C. Engard / Foreword by Jenny Levine

 

2009 / 352 pp. / Softbound / ISBN 978-1-57387-372-7 / Regular Price
$39.50 

 

 As web users become more savvy and demanding, libraries are looking for
new ways to allow patron participation and keep their websites
dynamically and collaboratively up-to-date. Mashups-web applications
that combine freely available data from various sources to create
something new-can be one very powerful way to meet patrons' expectations
and provide exemplary web-based service.

 

In Library Mashups, Nicole C. Engard and 25 contributors from all over
the world walk readers through definitions, summaries, and practical
uses of mashups in libraries. 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. This essential guide is required reading for all libraries and
librarians seeking a dynamic, interactive web presence.

 

Access to the Full Table Of Contents, Associated Chapter Links
(Examples), Glossary, and Associated Past And Future Presentations
Related To Book Contents Available At 

 

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Regards,

 

 /Gerry 

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011