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An application called "i-Covers" polls this list: http://www.i-covers.net/en_bases.htm for covers/posters. -Ross. On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Gabriel Sean Farrell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:39:06AM -0400, Ken Irwin wrote: >> With some limitations, the Google Books API allows folks to access book >> covers for free. (How's that working out? Anyone having luck with it?) >> -- what about movie/DVD/VHS covers? Are there any free sources for those >> images? >> >> I'd like to work up a virtual-browsing interface for our library's >> pretty small collection of feature films, and I'd love to include >> covers. Any ideas on how I might get them? Anyone else doing this? > > I've had some success with UPCs and worldcat.org for the Drexel > Libraries Video Search[1]. A lot of our records lack an 024, though, so > I fall back to ISBNs on Amazon, but the hit rate isn't as good there. > > For a collection the size of our video collection, we've considered just > scanning them ourselves. > > Neither IMDB nor Netflix have public APIs yet. > > Gabriel > > [1] http://www.library.drexel.edu/video/ >