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Tim Spalding | 1 Aug 21:41

LibraryThing Web Services API

[ Apologies for cross-posting ]

LibraryThing just released a free, CC-attribution-licensed Web
Services XML API to our "Common Knowledge" system, including series
data, fictional characters, author dates and much else. I'm
particularly stoked about the series data. I think it's of exceptional
quality, suitable for use in OPACs (eg.,
http://www.librarything.com/series/Star+Wars). Anyway, in a catalog or
not, there are a lot of cool things to do with it.

Have fun!

http://www.librarything.com/blog/2008/08/free-web-services-api-to-common.php

Tim
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Lovins, Daniel | 1 Aug 22:11
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Re: LibraryThing Web Services API

Tim,

Thanks so much for doing this.

One question though ... is there a bug in the API key request form? When I submit my name,address, etc., I get
the message: " Sorry, but the page you requested can't be found. Please check the url. You can also look for
help in Groups, or contact us."

/ Daniel

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Subject: LibraryThing Web Services API

[ Apologies for cross-posting ]

LibraryThing just released a free, CC-attribution-licensed Web
Services XML API to our "Common Knowledge" system, including series
data, fictional characters, author dates and much else. I'm
particularly stoked about the series data. I think it's of exceptional
quality, suitable for use in OPACs (eg.,
http://www.librarything.com/series/Star+Wars). Anyway, in a catalog or
not, there are a lot of cool things to do with it.

Have fun!

http://www.librarything.com/blog/2008/08/free-web-services-api-to-common.php
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Tim Spalding | 1 Aug 22:29

Re: LibraryThing Web Services API

Sorry about that. Should work now. Testing? Who needs testing?

T

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Lovins, Daniel <daniel.lovins <at> yale.edu> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Thanks so much for doing this.
>
> One question though ... is there a bug in the API key request form? When I submit my name,address, etc., I get
the message: " Sorry, but the page you requested can't be found. Please check the url. You can also look for
help in Groups, or contact us."
>
> / Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB <at> LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 3:41 PM
> To: NGC4LIB <at> LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: LibraryThing Web Services API
>
> [ Apologies for cross-posting ]
>
> LibraryThing just released a free, CC-attribution-licensed Web
> Services XML API to our "Common Knowledge" system, including series
> data, fictional characters, author dates and much else. I'm
> particularly stoked about the series data. I think it's of exceptional
> quality, suitable for use in OPACs (eg.,
> http://www.librarything.com/series/Star+Wars). Anyway, in a catalog or
> not, there are a lot of cool things to do with it.
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Lovins, Daniel | 1 Aug 22:35
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Re: LibraryThing Web Services API

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB <at> LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 4:30 PM
To: NGC4LIB <at> LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: LibraryThing Web Services API

Sorry about that. Should work now. Testing? Who needs testing?

T

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Lovins, Daniel <daniel.lovins <at> yale.edu> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Thanks so much for doing this.
>
> One question though ... is there a bug in the API key request form? When I submit my name,address, etc., I get
the message: " Sorry, but the page you requested can't be found. Please check the url. You can also look for
help in Groups, or contact us."
>
> / Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB <at> LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 3:41 PM
> To: NGC4LIB <at> LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: LibraryThing Web Services API
>
> [ Apologies for cross-posting ]
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Jon Solomon | 2 Aug 01:01

Jon Solomon is no longer with Contra Costa County Library

I will be out of the office starting  07/30/2008 and will not return until
07/31/2009.

Jon Solomon is no longer with Contra Costa County Library. Please direct
any Virtual Library related issues to Stacie Deng at sdeng <at> ccclib.org.
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Debbie Pennino | 2 Aug 01:11

Deborah Pennino/Library/NEU is out of the office.

I will be out of the office starting  08/01/2008 and will not return until
08/19/2008.

I will respond to your message when I return.
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GASS Cécile | 4 Aug 10:29
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Re: Cataloging Web Resources - policies

Hi,

James Weinheimer wrote:

"I really believe that web resources must be handled cooperatively if we are to have the slightest chance of success".

I fully agree!

There is OAIster (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=oaister;page=simple) for
institutional repositories and in general, any 'OAI compatible catalogue' of e-documents from any
institution who likes to participate.

I can't find it back but there is a huge (which tries to be comprehensive) "open access e-journals" database
maintained somewhere in Germany. I remember the owner was looking for any volunteers to take over the
responsibility of one list of e-journals (for instance someone responsible for DOAJ, someone else for
Biomed / Pubmed central, someone else for Hindawi, etc.).

What about a shared (at least OAI) catalogue of "more general web resources"? And the same for "e-books"?

Best regards
Cécile Gass
Bibliothèques
Université Libre de Bruxelles CP180
1050 Bruxelles
32-2-650-47-39

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Weinheimer Jim | 4 Aug 11:41

Re: Cataloging Web Resources - policies

OAIster is great. What I link into with the "extend search" tool from my own catalog are Intute, Infomine,
OAIster, BASE (the German one you may be thinking of at Bielefeld http://www.base-search.net/) and the
NDLTD theses and dissertations http://www.ndltd.org. (The site is down, but the database is working,
e.g. http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/search?btn=Search&ds=ndlrep&rep=ndl&q=rome. 

There are many more of the open archives on all different topics and there will doubtlessly be more and more.
The records will have to be harvested in bigger and bigger databases, or some kind of super-federated
search will have to be made.

Maybe it will end up with a lot of subject-based OCLC clearinghouse databases that everyone can link into,
harvest records and so on.

It's amazing all of this could be done right now!

One of the concerns however, is that Google has stopped working with OAI-PMH and they are going toward their
own version: XML sitemaps. I don't know how that will end up.

Jim

> Hi,
> 
> James Weinheimer wrote:
> 
> "I really believe that web resources must be handled cooperatively if we
> are to have the slightest chance of success".
> 
> I fully agree!
> 
> There is OAIster
> (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=oaister;page=simple) for
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Heidrun Wiesenmüller | 4 Aug 11:46
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Re: Cataloging Web Resources - policies

Cécile,

> I can't find it back but there is a huge (which tries to be comprehensive) "open access e-journals"
database maintained somewhere in Germany. I remember the owner was looking for any volunteers to take
over the responsibility of one list of e-journals (for instance someone responsible for DOAJ, someone
else for Biomed / Pubmed central, someone else for Hindawi, etc.).

I suppose what you've been looking for is the "Electronic Journals
Library" (in German: "Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek" or "EZB"
for short), which is maintained cooperatively by no less than 481 libraries:

http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7&lang=en

Regards,
Heidrun

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Dean James | 4 Aug 16:30

Job Posting: Instituational Repository Coordinator

My apologies for cross-posting.....

Institutional Repository Coordinator 

The Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center (HAM-TMC) Library
seeks an innovative and energetic Institutional Repository Coordinator.
This individual will be responsible for managing the Library's
institutional repository, DigitalCommons at The Texas Medical Center,
developing and implementing marketing / promotion efforts, generating
long-term and strategic planning and providing support for scholarly
communication activities and tools. This position reports to the
Associate Director for Collections Management and will be an integral
member of a work team that guarantees the effective delivery of print
and electronic information to the scholars, students, and researchers
that make up the diverse community in the Texas Medical Center. 

Responsibilities and Duties: 

* Oversees day-to-day management of the institutional repository,
including adding new content and editing existing content 

* Supports established institutional repository guidelines, including
submission rules and the development of new communities, and create new
guidelines as required 

* Develops procedures and analyze policies to ensure consistency and
accuracy of the information in the institutional repository 

* Creates and implements a comprehensive marketing strategy
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