Research of a Medical Librarian

Our final Social Networking Web 2.0 class is about mashups. This is one of those terms I’ve heard and vaguely understood, just hadn’t investigated.

Mashups are another tool that I don’t think I’ll be using any time soon, especially for work. What I may do is explore them further for my personal web site. One of the mashups mentioned was to match books to locations using Google Maps and ISBNs. That would be a fun addition to a book review web site. It’s not something I would consider attempting for a couple months. Then if that works, it may suggest possible applications for work. For now, I don’t see any.

In the meantime, I checked out some different mashups for our classwork. I had a lot of fun at Star Viewer. My love of science fiction and outer space shows up in that choice. I was finding the maps and movies fascinating and had to remind myself that I’m at work so couldn’t spend a couple hours checking out the different stars, galaxies, nebulae, etc. That is a good combination of maps, tags, and movies.