Want to learn about mashups in libraries?
So last year I agreed to write a chapter for a book that Nicole Engard was editting. My chapter was about UH Libraries adventures in mashups using the WorldCat Search API, Google Books, Amazon, and LibraryThing. It seemed like a great opportunity and a nice way to expand on my presentation for last year’s Social Software Showcase. When I signed up a sort of got a sense of who some of the other authors were and what their topics were going to be, but when I got a chance to look a more complete table of contents my jaw literally dropped. Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data is EXACTLY the kind of book I’d be interested in buying if I wanted to learn about mashups. Its got great contributors: Darlene Fitcher, Jason Clark, Ross Singer, John Blyberg, Tim Spaulding, and Bess Sadler and even better topics: mashups with Delicious, YouTube, Google Books, Blip.tv, Google Maps, an overview of Blacklight, info on LibraryThing for Libraries, discussion of SOPAC, and lots more. I’m waiting with baited breath for my complementary copy. For more information check out the book’s companion website which editor Nicole Engard is using to keep people up to date on book related news. You can pre-order a copy of the book via the Information Today website.
I can’t wait to read it. Need to start applying what you guys taught at CIL.