www.web2learning.net/wp-content/uploads/…/mashups-metro2010.pdf This pdf provides much food for thought with examples of mashups and information about what a mashup is.
http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/mashups/ This is another list of resources and information about using mashups in libraries.
http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/09/13/mashing_winners.html No explanation necessary the Shifted Librarian has provided another great post for us to enjoy.
An interesting week with one tool I thought I had never used or heard of that I use regularly, Mashups. I regularly use maps with extra information to locate library branches I need to visit or other tourist sites when I plan a trip to a new city. Now I know that what I utilize is someone else’s mashup. I also regularly use the new book virtual carousels to check out the lastest titles on offer. I feel that I will be confident in creating these soon if I keep practicing with the new mashup sites that were shared in the literature for this week. I admit I have not created a successful mashup yet with Yahoo Pipes.
Another tool that I will likely use in the future, but have not used to its’ full capacity is Real Simple Syndication (RSS). The amount of use I get out of this tool will likely depend on which sort of library setting I end up in in the future. I am the sort of researcher who often discovers more useful sites and articles by serendipity then by the exact terms I enter in my first search so I am going to be perenially afraid of missing something that will not be provided based on the terms I have given the rss feed aggregator. I would also want to have thoroughly searched the sites I aggregate so that if the rss feed is set to provide me with the latest news from the site then I am not going to miss providing relevant older articles to my patrons as well.
I loved the translation feature on Yahoo Pipes, but am curious how useful it would be to provide the headlines to my patrons if I did not have translators or translation software that could then translate the article itself as it appears that if you click on the link provided you end up at an article in the original language. Anyone have any thoughts on this issue? The translation sites that I have seen do not seem to be all that effective for translating whole documents.
I will explore both these tools further and may have further thoughts when I have done so. I am a little late posting this week’s thoughts as Shaw had a hiccup in our area this morning just as I was about to post this entry so it had to be retyped before being posted.