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Emily, Look forward to reading the article. Now that I've been discussing this with everyone, I intend on including a chapter near the end of the book about library-created APIs. Thanks for your help! Jason On 10/12/11 11:14 AM, "Emily Lynema" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Some folks have mentioned library-created APIs in this thread. > >A couple of staff here at NCSU Libraries wrote up a piece in the Code4Lib >Journal (wow! back in 2007!) about the API we created for our catalog >years ago and still use very heavily (for several apps not even developed >yet when that article was written). > >http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10 > >Our locally developed ERM also provides a set of web services we use to >populate our journal list and database finder on our public website. > >Externally, we use the standard set of freebies: Google Books, >HathiTrust, Open Library, OCLC WorldCat API. We subscribe to Syndetics >and use APIs (sort of) to pull in covers, contents, previews, etc. We >also subscribe to Summon and use their API. Tempted to use Serials >Solutions' 360 Link API to create our own version of the service window >interface, but we've managed not to do that yet! > >-emily lynema >NCSU Libraries > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 13:33:52 -0400 >From: "Michel, Jason Paul" >Subject: Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries > >Hello all, > >I'm a lurker on this listserv and am interested in gaining some insight >int= >o your experiences of utilizing web service APIs in either an academic >libr= >ary or public library setting. > >I'm writing a book for ALA Editions on the use of Web Service APIs in >libra= >ries. 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 >Oxfor= >d, Ohio) are utilizing these APIs but would like to give the reader more >ex= >amples from a variety of settings. > >APIs covered in the book: Flickr, Vimeo, Google Charts, Twitter, Open >Libra= >ry, 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 > > > > >Emily Lynema >Associate Department Head >Information Technology, NCSU Libraries >919-513-8031 >[log in to unmask]