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Karen A. CoombsRachel VacekUniversity of Houston Libraries
Mashing Up and Remixing the Library Website
The problems
• Information on the library website is maintained by a disparate group of people with varying skill levels
• Library websites incorporate (or should) information from many different systems
• Same information repeated several places throughout the library website
• Users want library information at their finger tips and where they are
• Library information should be integrated the curriculum
Traditional Solutions
• Use database-driven web pages
• Install a content management system
• Distribute responsibility for content creation and maintenance throughout the library
• Make other library systems look as much like library site as possible
The Road not Taken
• Easy to use system; little Web Services interference in content creation
• Remixable blocks of content, objects, metadata
• Ability to incorporate content from other systems easily
• Website content easily sharable with other systems
Photo by John Linwood @ Flickr
Our Inspirations
Web 2.0 Six Pillars
•Radical Decentralization
•Small pieces loosely joined
•Perpetual beta
•Remixable Content
•User as Contributor
•Rich User Experience
Photo by steve.wilde @ Flickr
Radical Decentralization
Map of the Internet, The Opte Project, www.opte.org
Decentralization of Content Management
Content Owners Control Their Pages
Small pieces loosely joined
Photo by wilhei55 @ Flickr
Different Systems for Different Functions
Modules
Feed Module
Remixable content
wilhei55
Photo by cv47al @ Flickr
Microformats
Tutorials
API for Library Website
• Object Metadata
• Leverage existing metadata standards
• Dublin Core, MODS, METS, MIX
• Search
• Open Search
• Output formats
• XML
• Atom
• RSS
• JSON
• HTML
Virtual Subject Library
• Federated Search
• New Books from Catalog
• List of Relevant Databases
• Subject Liaison Contact Information
• News Feed from Relevant Professional Associations or Websites
• Relevant Websites
Next Steps
• Complete the API
• Complete functionality to add media to pages
• Integrated WorldCat API
• Personalization
• User contributed content
• Integrate with other library systems
• Digital Library Software
• Better integration with federated search
Our Contact Info
Karen [email protected]
Rachel [email protected]
Slides available at -http://www.librarywebchic.net/218/websitemashup