Real Life Experiences with Library APIs Karen A. Coombs University of Houston Libraries Friday, October 2, 2009
May 12, 2015
Real Life Experiences with Library APIs
Karen A. CoombsUniversity of Houston Libraries
Friday, October 2, 2009
WorldCat Search API
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Problem: Integrate Library Catalog Data into Library Website
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WorldCat in FCKEditor
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Problem: Spotlight Library Holdings on Blogs
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WorldCat Search Widget for Wordpress
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Problem: Suggest other libraries with this book
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WorldCat Search API Google Map
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xISSN
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Problem: Add link to TOC RSS on Journal Records
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xISSN TOC Lookup
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WorldCat Registry
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Problem: Show users other libraries nearby
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Libraries Nearby
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Some challenges
• Having the right data
• ISBN
• Geo Coordinates or valid address
• Choosing a metadata format
• Dublin Core too dumb
• MARCXML too hard
• XPath
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