Library mashups

TXLA 2010

• Robin Hastings• Missouri River Regional Library (Jefferson City, MO)• Information Technology Coordinator• Author

• ALA Tech Report – Collaboration 2.0• Library Mashups – contributed chapter• Microblogging & Lifestreaming In Libraries (Tech Set)• Articles in Library Journal and Computers In Libraries

Learn what a mashup is Learn what mashups are out there Learn how to find the data we need Learn how to manipulate that data Learn how to produce a fully

functional mashup Have a lot of fun!

Just what is a mashup?

What mashups are out there now?

http://www.mrrl.org/content/bookmobile

XML file of locations (with lat/long tagging) + Google Maps

Fourwhere - http://www.fourwhere.com/

US population by state - http://pipes.yahoo.com/jonathan/_Ia89ose3BGMZ6YNlvXiAA

Where is some data for me to use in my mashup?

Web 2.0 Services• Facebook, Twitter, Flickr – all have RSS

feeds Location-based services

• Gowalla, Foursquare Government Data

• RSS Library - http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library.shtml

• Data.gov – open government data collections (Raw, tools & geodata)

Data manipulation can be fun!

Putting it all together into your own mashup!

TXLA1 – books; images and Yahoo! Local search - http://pipes.yahoo.com/webgoddess/txla1

Gowalla feed of people checking into Riverwalk - http://pipes.yahoo.com/webgoddess/txla2

They really can be fun!