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I’m headed to Monterey for Internet Librarian this weekend. Don’t miss my talk on Monday afternoon followed by the book signing for More Library Mashups. From Information Today Inc: This October, Information Today, Inc.’s most popular authors will be at Internet Librarian 2014. For attendees, it’s the place to meet the industry’s top authors and […]

The galley is due on my desk shortly! But in the mean time enjoy a peek at the cover for our 2nd edition!

Just wanted to let you all know that More Library Mashups has gone off to Information Today Inc for final editing!! We still have a ways to go, but things are moving along nicely and on time. For now you can check out the table of contents for this upcoming book here.

I have updated this site with the preliminary table of contents for the upcoming second edition!  Check it out and remember if you or a friend is using DPLA at your library in a mashups I’m still open to adding a chapter on that topic.

The table of contents for More Library Mashups is ready and the authors working hard, but I am wondering if any of you mashup fans are planning on using the DPLA API at your library? Or maybe you’re just studying the API closely enough to be able to explain how it could be used in […]

Library Mashups has been a huge success and has touched so many of you, and now it’s time to start thinking about the second edition! In 2014 Information Today Inc. will be publishing the second edition of Library Mashups entitled More Library Mashups. This edition will have new stories from some of the authors you […]

I got this today from Information Today and thought you all might be interested! I wanted to let you know we are discounting all Information Today, Inc. books an additional 33% off the already discounted web order price from November 28 through January 7, 2013, when you order online. The discount is good on an […]

Is anyone using OCLC’s Kindred Works API? OCLC Research has developed an experimental service that provides a list of items similar to an item of interest. The prototype service uses various characteristics of a sample work, such as classification numbers, subject headings, and genre terms, to retrieve related resources from WorldCat. This approach is called […]

Today I found a report from ProgrammableWeb that they list 49 library specific APIs in their database! Our API directory now includes 49 library APIs. The newest is the Home Theater Backdrops API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the LibraryThing API. We list 3 LibraryThing mashups.

Library Mashups fans might be interested in the latest APIs from Pearson: Penguin Classics API includes works by Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and the Brontë sisters – enabling developers to build new apps from the work of renowned authors dkimages API makes the professional collection of over 90,000 images accessible for developers to search, browse […]