This was the title of my recent presentation at a pre-conference for the Professional and Scholarly Division of the Association of American Publishers. Held on February 4 in Washington, DC, and organized by Jack Farrell , I joined co-presenters Carol Perryman (SL: Carolina Keats) of HealthInfo Island and Kristin French of the Nature Publishing group for a lively discussion around the topic “Mashup at the Library: Managing Colliding User Needs, Technologies, and the Ability to Deliver.” Our one-hour presentation was well received, and several participants commented that it was a very interesting mix of of academic, library/consumer health, and business perspectives. Participants (who included personnel from the National Library of Medicine) asked many thought-provoking questions, covering areas such as:
- The learning curve in SL and the need to orient and train staff
- Use of and challenges with available methods for getting accurate statistics on numbers of visitors
- Data gathering methods in research on SL and confounding factors
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