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Whenever I decide whether to link from our catalog to something external, I always want to know how I bring the patron back once they've found something they're interested in. Do you have or have you considered a way to close the loop and bring someone who followed a link in the catalog back to the catalog? On 3/25/08, Tim Spalding <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I just released a Javascript/JSON API to LibraryThing core work data. > > > http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2008/03/first-cut-works-json-api.php > > It's basically a riff on what Google did recently—a way to link to > LibraryThing if we have a book, and not if we don't. It also includes > copy and review counts, and the average rating. It takes ISBNs, LCCNs > and OCLC numbers. > > Next up will be a JSON API into member books, so members can design > their own widgets and mash their library up with the contents of a > page. > > It's all very beta, and my ears are wide open. > > Tim > > > -- > Check out my library at http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding > -- Jay Roos Computer & Information Systems Coordinator Great River Regional Library 405 W. St. Germain St. Cloud, MN 56301 (320) 650-2534