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Hi Marwah,

You may also find the Opensource Umlaut framework useful. It's a Rails app that acts as a delivery aggregation system. You can configure your own connections to various library resources (e.g SFX, PubMed, HathiTrust, etc.) and even build your own adapters to services that are not included in the default installation. 

Hope this helps. 
   Brian

> On Feb 13, 2014, at 21:00, "Marwah Khaled H Alaofi" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm studying at the Faculty of IT at Monash University in Melbourne,
> Australia, currently for a masters degree in IT.
> My research interest is in the applications of data mining and information
> retrieval in education and for my masters
> thesis I chose to investigate ways to personalise library search results
> for coursework students.
> My procedure is based on getting query-dependent results from Monash
> Library Exlibris Primo as complete records (i.e
> with metadata) and work from there to enhance the degree of relevance.
> 
> In order for me to test my hypothesis I need to be able to use the API and
> fetch query-dependent results.
> I've asked for access from Monash Library but it is somehow taking so long!
> I was told that the API is
> restricted by the IP and that it is not likely I will be granted access.
> Well, I'm wondering if you could perhaps direct me to
> any educational library where Primo is used, preferably university library,
> and of which I can obtain an access to the API. If that is not likely to
> happen (or not possible in a limited time frame) I'd alternatively change
> my testing environment and look for another digital library system that can
> be easily accessed through a flexible API. I'll be glad to hear from you!
> It's a very important step in my research and any insights or
> recommendation will be highly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks all,
> 
> Cheers,
> Marwa