Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Mashup Adventure -- Week 12


On the question about different types of mashups and how you might use them in the library, I had a bit of a surf on Google about mashups. Wikipedia has "Web Application Hybid" at the end of a list of options. This took me to Yahoo Pipes. This is quite a mind blower. You can harness a number of a number of applications like Google maps, RSS feeds, etc. to create your own mini web site. Think of the power. This site about wineries in the Napa Valley was one of their "hot pipes". Check out this address:
I can see departments like Public Libraries Branch getting a lot of use out of this type of application. Where are the libraries? Where are related services. What are the feeds that would provide public libraries with community information that they need? These are all questions you might ask.

1 comment:

slnsw_learning_2.0 said...

This is an idea we hadn't considered ... thanks for the suggestion - we will follow it up.

Mylee (PLS)