So now I know what a mash-up is! I've been calling it "interoperability" and
that my catalog serves as a "nexus" but not necessarily a portal.
I'm giving a paper on these developments to the Italian Library Association
on Friday. Afterwards, I'll put it into our open archive.
I'll have to use the word "mash-up" in my talk!
Jim
James Weinheimer j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu
Director of Library and Information Services
The American University of Rome
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric Lease Morgan
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:21 PM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Answer Tips
>
> On Apr 8, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Karen Harker wrote:
>
> > I also am impressed with AUR Library in how they have extended
> > their OPAC using other 3rd party tools, including linking to
> > WorldCat to "Get a Citation". This could be useful to determine
> > the utility of such a feature before paying $$$ to replace the OPAC/
> > ILS.
>
> Exactly.
>
> And the incorporation of many of these tools (Google Books, Answer
> Tips, Library Thing for Libraries, etc.) does not really have to do
> with the underlying application but rather the application's "skin".
> What is being created here are called "mash-ups". Not only do we need
> to figure out how to create mash-ups, but we also need to be figuring
> out how others can create mash-ups from our content. It goes both ways.
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
Received on Tue Apr 08 2008 - 09:24:48 EDT