Week 6

Week 6 was very interesting. The lesson dealt with Social Networking and Mash-Ups.
Social Networking is where a user creates a profiles and shares it with others. For example: Shelari - I have created an account and a profile at that site, which others may read. This site deals with books and lets others know what other books are out there. The other element we looked at this week was: Mash-Ups. Mash-Ups are sites that blend together two elements. For example if you were looking to buy a car, you could go to MotorMap USA. The two elements on this site are the map and the information on the automobile. You type in the car info. vehicle make, model, the distance you want to go to find it and the zip code. It then shows you on the map where your vehicle is located. Two sites this week that I found to be fascinating were ELF and GuruLib. ELF - will keep tabs on the library material you check out from your local library. However, your library must be on this site to use it. OCLS is on there. The other site was Gurulib - this site will help people catalog their libraries at home. it will do books, dvds, music, cds, games and software. This sure beats the old fashioned way of going to a book and cataloging what you have at home.