Libraries are enhancing their own services using APIs from a variety of web services. You’ll be seeing many examples this semester in our Wednesday Spark posts, but it can be difficult to know where to start with your own mashup. This week’s tutorial from Programmable Web provides a high-level outline to help you plan for and build a mashup.

Follow the links at the end for API-specific tutorials, although you’ll want to check their currency.

How To Make Your Own Web Mashup

• Pick a subject
• Decide where your data is coming from
• Weigh your coding skills
• Sign up for an API
• Start coding

Give it a try!