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There is an open library list: [log in to unmask] and some API users do answer there. However, Open Library is not currently staffed/supported by the Archive. It's kept running but I'm not clear on the future. kc On 1/21/13 5:04 PM, David Fiander wrote: > I'm working on a project that involves collecting information about the > books that people own, and the easiest way to do most of that data > collection is to collect just the ISBNs for those books that have them, and > photograph the title pages of the books that don't. This gets me out of > people way quickly and lets me do my data processing later. > > I've asked OCLC about the requirements for getting an affiliate ID for > using their APIs for the project, but while I'm waiting for that, I'm > looking at the Open Library APIs. > > The documentation for the APIs is weak, and it looks like it hasn't been > updated for a while. Has anybody used them much, or know what the state of > ongoing development of them is? > > All I'm really looking for at this point is a way to convert an ISBN into > basic bibliographic data, and to find any related ISBNs, a la OCLC's xISBN > service. > > - David -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet