Week 8 - Mashups

Well, it's hard to believe this course is over and how many new things I've learned and am now using on a regular basis. Mashups are the icing on the cake! I created a couple of my own and it is making my work so much easier, now. I have one that searches many books-related sites so I now can get details about specific books from a variety of sources, including accurate availability information, tables of contents, and publishing information. Another mashup searches multiple sites for institutional publications. I'm still working to refine this, but, in the long run I think this will simplify things for me.

Thanks for doing this class. I know there have been frustrations from some participants, particularly in the ability to access resources from the workplace. But, I'm not sure how many of us would have taken the time to really look at these tools without this incentive.