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Real Life Experiences with Library APIs Karen A. Coombs University of Houston Libraries Friday, October 2, 2009
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Real Life Experiences with Library APIs

Karen A. CoombsUniversity of Houston Libraries

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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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