On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Patrick Berry <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We're (CSU, Chico) using http://code.google.com/p/googlebooks/ to provide > easy access to partial and full text books. > > Good to hear. As an aside, we wrote up some background on how to use widgets and webservices in a 2010 article published in LITA's ITAL magazine: http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/publications/ital/29/2/back.pdf - Godmar > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Michel, Jason Paul <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm a lurker on this listserv and am interested in gaining some insight > > into your experiences of utilizing web service APIs in either an academic > > library or public library setting. > > > > I'm writing a book for ALA Editions on the use of Web Service APIs in > > libraries. Each chapter covers a specific API by delineating the > > technicalities of the API, discussing potential uses of the API in > library > > settings, and step-by-step tutorials. > > > > I'm already including examples of how my library (Miami University in > > Oxford, Ohio) are utilizing these APIs but would like to give the reader > > more examples from a variety of settings. > > > > APIs covered in the book: Flickr, Vimeo, Google Charts, Twitter, Open > > Library, LibraryThing, Goodreads, OCLC. > > > > So, what are you folks doing with APIs? > > > > Thanks for any insight! > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Jason > > > > -- > > Jason Paul Michel > > User Experience Librarian > > Miami University Libraries > > Oxford, Ohio 45044 > > twitter:jpmichel > > >