1. Mashing Up and Remixing the Library Website
Karen A. Coombs
Rachel Vacek
University of Houston Libraries

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Our Inspirations

6. Web 2.0 Six Pillars
•Radical Decentralization •Remixable Content
•Small pieces loosely joined •User as Contributor
•Perpetual beta •Rich User Experience
Photo by steve.wilde @ Flickr

7. Map of the Internet, The Opte Project, www.opte.org
Radical Decentralization

8. Decentralization of
Content Management

9. Content Owners Control
Their Pages

10. Small pieces loosely
joined
Photo by wilhei55 @ Flickr

11. Different Systems for
Different Functions

12. Modules

13. Feed Module

14. wilhei55
Remixable content
Photo by cv47al @ Flickr

15. Microformats

17. Tutorials

18. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Our Contact Info
Karen Coombs
librarywebchic@gmail.com
Rachel Vacek
revacek@gmail.com
Slides available at -
http://www.librarywebchic.net/218/websitemashup