Well, mashups are fun. I spend a good chunk of time this morning looking at the mashups links provided. I thought it was fun to look that the meebo map and see who was IMing. You can tell what part of the world is sleeping! :) I also liked the Zip code Census Dashboard. That was a great way to see information. I looked for my community as well as the community I work in.
I think they are a great way to combine tools to make things that should be easier for the user. I agree that the only problem is that people- librarians included- need to make sure the information is accurate before using it or passing it along to some one else.
I'm not very creative right now, so I don't have any ideas of how to best use them in the children's area. It might be fun to show which picture books are circulating the most, but I don't know how practical that would really be or who it would benefit. I'll have to think and see if I can come up with a good idea for the children's area.
The library could possibly a mashup to create a map with directions to the library including pictures of landmarks to look for. I know that would be helpful to me when I'm trying to give directions to people of how to get here. So I'm sure other people would benefit from this information as well.
Hmm... I need to keep thinking and see if I can think of anything else the would be beneficial.
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I never thought about adding landmarks to a map of directions. That's a great idea. I'm a landmark driver myself, so I would appreciate that.
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