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Jason, Kevin and Brian, thank you very much. Very useful information which I surprisingly have no idea about. Will stop wasting my time around Primo and will have a look at your suggestions! Really appreciate your help! Cheers, Marwa On 15 February 2014 01:31, Brian Riley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Marwah, > > You may also find the Opensource Umlaut framework useful. It's a Rails app > that acts as a delivery aggregation system. You can configure your own > connections to various library resources (e.g SFX, PubMed, HathiTrust, > etc.) and even build your own adapters to services that are not included in > the default installation. > > Hope this helps. > Brian > > > On Feb 13, 2014, at 21:00, "Marwah Khaled H Alaofi" < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm studying at the Faculty of IT at Monash University in Melbourne, > > Australia, currently for a masters degree in IT. > > My research interest is in the applications of data mining and > information > > retrieval in education and for my masters > > thesis I chose to investigate ways to personalise library search results > > for coursework students. > > My procedure is based on getting query-dependent results from Monash > > Library Exlibris Primo as complete records (i.e > > with metadata) and work from there to enhance the degree of relevance. > > > > In order for me to test my hypothesis I need to be able to use the API > and > > fetch query-dependent results. > > I've asked for access from Monash Library but it is somehow taking so > long! > > I was told that the API is > > restricted by the IP and that it is not likely I will be granted access. > > Well, I'm wondering if you could perhaps direct me to > > any educational library where Primo is used, preferably university > library, > > and of which I can obtain an access to the API. If that is not likely to > > happen (or not possible in a limited time frame) I'd alternatively change > > my testing environment and look for another digital library system that > can > > be easily accessed through a flexible API. I'll be glad to hear from you! > > It's a very important step in my research and any insights or > > recommendation will be highly appreciated. > > > > Thanks all, > > > > Cheers, > > Marwa >