Library mashup's : Exploring new ways to deliver library data - new book

This book has just arrived and I looked it over this weekend. After a good summary of what mashups are there's coverage of a range of different mashups; most involve Google Maps, Flikr and other social networking sites. There's also enough of interest for academic libraries, including a chapter by the NZ librarian Stuart Lewis on repositories and a section on mashing catalogue data.

Of particular interest are - Piping Out Data (using Yahoo Pipes to mash data); Mashups @ Libraries Interact (about sharing mash-ups in the Library community); Mashups with WorldCat Affiliate Services; The LibraryThing API and Libraries and a chapter by LibraryThing's founder, Tim Spalding, on Breaking into the OPAC. Tim has 9 suggestions for things you could do once you've "reached into" a Library OPAC. They are

1. Add alerts to the catalogue so patrons can learn about upcoming events and downtimes

2. Add links to Amazon, Google Book Search or Wikipedia

3. Give users permanent links to catalogue pages

4. Track user actions for statistical purposes

5. Add "did you mean..." spell check functionality

6. Show a Librarian chat widget when a search turns up no results

7. Add dynamic location maps to item pages so that patrons know where on the shelf a book can be found

8. Add dynamic content on item pages, such as recommendations or links to other editions

9. Let users tag, rate or review items in your catalogue

Some of these we do already, some like a chat widget on failed searches might be worth thinking about?