Librarians are pretty hip and cutting edge after all, it seems. The latest indication is the wealth of material you find by googling ‘mashup library’ and poking around. One thing that caught my was the evaluation criteria for success in a recent competition:
Entries will be evaluated on the following broad criteria. These are deliberately loosely defined, in order not to constrain innovative and wide-ranging entries.
coolness
ease of use
ease of deployment
utility
portability/ relevance to other libraries
overallAdditionally, judges will be able to award red or green flags to entries they consider particularly undeserving or deserving of winning. These criteria are only provided as a guide to entrants and to judges. The decision of judges will be final, and they will be encouraged to recognise entries of particular excellence. We are interested in entries that genuinely improve the utility of one or more library functions for their users, and in those entries that raise awareness of issues associated with extending the reach of the library.
