A New Librarian’s Blog

Exercise 1:

The mashup I looked at was Quick.as.  This mashup allows you to search for keywords in certain website using abbreviations.  For example, you can search for a book on Amazon, by typing “a title of book.”  This saves a few steps when searching.

Exercise 2:

The blogs I looked at all seemed to be talking about different aspects of privacy.  Some concentrated on privacy from the government and talked about the Patriot Act or the domestic spying program.  One spoke about privacy on the internet especially among young people using social networking software.  Another blogger talked about the role of ALA, the federal government, and privacy.