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Thanks, Roy. Shortly after you answered I stumbled upon the relevant page explaining the difference between full and default service levels: http://worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/SearchAPIServiceLevels This is very helpful. kc Roy Tennant wrote: > The WorldCat Mashathon is not limited to OCLC member institutions, and we > certainly had non-OCLC participants at the New York event. We have many > APIs, some of which are open to anyone to use and others that require a key. > Again, depending on the API, for some you may need to qualify for access to > receive a key. We know that we could do a better job making these > distinctions apparent, which is something we'll be trying to clarify. In any > case, everyone who attends will be provided with an OCLC Web Services Key > (WSKey) that will be valid for the period of the event. Those who already > have a key will be welcome to use their existing key as well. > Roy > > > On 4/8/09 4/8/09 • 3:11 PM, "Karen Coyle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> Roy, can anyone attend, even if not from OCLC member institutions? Also, >> it looks like only member institutions can use the API, but I may have >> mis-read -- is that the case? >> >> kc >> >> Roy Tennant wrote: >> >>> Join fellow coders for a WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam, May 13-14. >>> Sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network and International Institute of >>> Social History (IISH), the two-day event will be held Wednesday and Thursday >>> at IISH headquarters in Amsterdam. >>> >>> The European Mashathon follows on the heels of a previous WorldCat Hackathon >>> in New York City. Participants will spend the two days brainstorming and >>> coding mash-ups with local systems, OCLC Web Services, and many other Web >>> Services to embellish existing, and create new, library services. >>> >>> WorldCat includes national catalogues from the Netherlands, the UK, Ireland, >>> Iceland, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Spain, Switzerland, >>> Czech Republic, Lithuania, Russia and many more‹so there are plenty of >>> potential uses and apps just waiting to happen. >>> >>> Why attend the WorldCat Hackathon? >>> € Brainstorm potential uses for and play with the WorldCat Search API. >>> € Gain development access to 1.2 billion items from more than 10,000 >>> libraries worldwide. >>> € Integrate these resources with many others to create innovative new >>> services. >>> € Meet fellow developers across the information industry. >>> € Share your creative vision and be a part of the next wave of online >>> library development. >>> >>> Ideas, outcomes and code from the Mashathon, together with a participants >>> list, will be shared during and after the event for others to download and >>> build on. >>> >>> See <http://worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/2009EUMashathon> for more information >>> and to register. >>> >>> Roy Tennant >>> OCLC Research >>> >>> >>> >>> > > -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [log in to unmask] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------