Completely mashed up

'mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool'

Am having so much fun with Big Huge Labs (BHL)I can't seem to stop mucking around on it. Where was this site a few years ago when I was creating my sister's 30th birthday invites! Though mine didn't turn out too bad, if I don't say so myself! BHL is great, it certainly makes one feel very artistic and the end product look professional.

I created this mosaic using pics of family and friends, the flower pics are from google. I wanted to create something like this since I saw one of the images from flickr, am glad it was so easy to do. BHL is definitely a website I would be using more of after this course.

Mashups allows for innovation within web technology to continue, their application for libraries can assist in promoting readers advisory services. One such library mashup would be whichbook, an new and exciting way to match readers with books.

Came across a youtube clip which directed me to ProgrammableWeb which seem to have quite a list of mashups. This site is all about keeping up with what's new and interesting with mashups, Web 2.0 APIs, and the new Web as Platform, it's worth having a look, as they have over 3,000 mashups. Conducted a search for books mash up, which resulted in 55 book mashups. Just a note, these 'books' websites are predominately aimed toward the American market.

A mashup that would be appropriate for libraries would be 22books. The main objective of 22books is to collect book lists. Lists of author’s books, award lists, books you want to read plus more. This could be a good way to capture community reading interest as well as using this as a Readers Advisory tool to look up authors books and award lists.

I'm not sure whether there are any sites out there that does do this, however some ideas for library mashups which would be worthwhile to develop locally would be:

Google mapping of authors in Australia:
-shows on map where author is lives/based
-provides list of authors books
-provides details on whether author conducts book talks
-books author is currently reading

Google mapping of all book groups in Australia:
-shows on map location of book groups in libraries, cafes or any organisation
- shows what books, book groups are discussing
-shows book group details of location and times, private or public
-displays advance listing of what books will be discussed in future
Advance feature:
-allows book swapping with various book groups.
-blogs for book groups

If you have come across a website that does this, please let me know especially one which is Australian based, rather than American, it would be interesting to see.