Or use the modified xissn service of OCLC: http://xissn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/issn/1095-9203?method=getMetadata&fl=issnl,rssurl
 
Peter
 
Drs. P.J.C. van Boheemen
Hoofd Applicatieontwikkeling en beheer - Bibliotheek Wageningen UR
Head of Application Development and Management - Wageningen University and Research Library
tel. +31 317 48 25 17                                                                                    http://library.wur.nl <http://library.wur.nl/> 
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From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Godmar Back
Sent: Fri 12-6-2009 5:55
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Newbie asking for some suggestions with javascript



Yes - see this email
http://serials.infomotions.com/code4lib/archive/2009/200905/0909.html

If you can host yourself, the stand-alone version is efficient and easy to
keep up to date - just run a cronjob that downloads the text file from JISC.
My WSGI script will automatically pick up if it has changed on disk.

 - Godmar

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Annette Bailey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Godmar Back wrote a web service in python for ticTOC with an eye to
> incorporating links into III's Millennium catalog.
>
> http://code.google.com/p/tictoclookup/
>
> http://tictoclookup.appspot.com/
>
> Annette
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Derik Badman<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Just joined the list, and I'm hoping to get a suggestion or two.
> >
> > I'm working on using the ticTOCs ( http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/ ) text file
> of
> > rss feed urls for journals to insert links to those feeds in our Serials
> > Solution Journal Finder.
> >
> > I've got it working using a bit of jQuery.
> >
> > Demo here: http://155.247.22.22/badman/toc/demo.html
> > The javascript is here: http://155.247.22.22/badman/toc/toc-rss.js
> >
> > Getting that working wasn't too hard, but I'm a bit concerned about
> > efficiency and caching.
> >
> > I'm not sure the way I'm checking isbns against the text file is the most
> > efficient way to go. Basically I'm making an ajax call to the file that
> > takes the data and makes an array of objects. I then query the isbn of
> each
> > journal on the page against the array of objects. If there's a match I
> pull
> > the data and put it on the page. I'm wondering if there's a better way to
> do
> > this, especially since the text file is over 1mb. I'm not looking for
> code,
> > just ideas.
> >
> > I'm also looking for any pointers about using the file itself and somehow
> > auto-downloading it to my server on a regular basis. Right now I just
> saved
> > a copy to my server, but in the future it'd be good to automate grabbing
> the
> > file from ticTOCs server on a regular basis and updating the one on my
> > server (perhaps I'd need to use a cron job to do that?).
> >
> > Thanks for much for any suggestions or pointers. (For what it's worth, I
> can
> > manage with javascript or php.)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Derik A. Badman
> > Digital Services Librarian
> > Reference Librarian for Education and Social Work
> > Temple University Libraries
> > Paley Library 209
> > Philadelphia, PA
> > Phone: 215-204-5250
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
> > AIM: derikbad
> >
> > "Research makes times march forward, it makes time march backward, and it
> > also makes time stand still." -Greil Marcus
> >
>