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Thank you Cary! Amy On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It mostly depends on your ILS and whether you can query it by API or > directly through the database, or whether you need to go through the web > interface, or use a search engine. There is no lightweight, > on-size-fits-all solution that will work on any system. > > Of course if you are all WorldCat libraries — as PCC and LBCC appear to be > — then that might be your best bet. WorldCat has a broad set of APIs. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > > On Mar 24, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Amy Hofer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hello Code4Lib, > > > > A Linn-Benton Community College librarian took a bookstore data dump and > > searched each title in the ILS and in their vendor database to find out > > whether ebook access was already available or could be purchased. I'm > > interested in whether it's possible to write a script to automate this > > process that could be used at any school, regardless of ILS or vendor. > You > > can read more about her project here: > > http://openoregon.org/linn-benton-campus-report/ > > > > Has anyone created something like this? > > > > Any advice if I were to contract with a programmer to create it? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > Amy > > > > -- > > Amy Hofer > > Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services > > openoregon.org > > > > 971-722-6482 > > PCC Southeast Library Room 206 > > 2305 SE 82nd Ave > > Portland, OR 97216 > -- Amy Hofer Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services openoregon.org 971-722-6482 PCC Southeast Library Room 206 2305 SE 82nd Ave Portland, OR 97216