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Cool, thanks for that, Brad. I was just yesterday digging around on GitHub and discovered this list: https://github.com/abhishekbanthia/Public-APIs By "digging around on GitHub" I mean I was exploring the "Discover" dashboard, which is a kind of recommendation engine for repositories based on your GitHub stars and follows. Fair warning, it's a rabbit hole: https://github.com/dashboard/discover Speaking of rabbit holes, here's another: https://github.com/explore Happy hunting! --Hardy On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Brad Coffield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Happy to hear it! If I can help at all, feel free to email me directly. > > Brad > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:03 AM, Patricia Farnan < > [log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This looks like a great resource for someone like me who isn't a > developer > > but wants to learn more about making use of APIs. Thanks for sharing! > > > > Patricia Farnan | Application Administrator, Discovery Services > > University Library | St Teresa’s Library > > > > Telephone: +61 8 9433 0707 | Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > Brad Coffield > > Sent: Tuesday, 12 December 2017 3:53 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [CODE4LIB] `APIs for Librarians` -- A thing I've been doing that > > I'd like to share with you all > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I want to help people easily use web APIs to enhance their library > > websites and/or research guides. So, I made a site that has > copy/pasteable > > code along with instructions on how to implement it (like what exactly to > > change in the code to make it work with their libguides system, for > > example). > > > > It's a project in ongoing development and I wanted to share it with you > all > > because: > > * You're nifty > > * Some (hopefully many!) of you might be interested in using some of > > my code > > * Some of you might be interested in contributing new pieces to the > > site > > > > Currently I have implementations for various Springshare products, > > Quotes.net, and a variety of collections from the Internet Archive. I > have > > plans on making things for the New York Times, Wordnik, OCLC, and > > Chronicling America (from LOC). > > > > Would love to hear comments. I hope you like it. > > > > https://www.bradcoffield.com/APIs-for-librarians/ > > > > > > Brad > > > > > > -- > > Brad Coffield, MLIS > > Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University > > 814-472-3315 <(814)%20472-3315> > > [log in to unmask] > > IMPORTANT: This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential. If you > are > > not the intended recipient you should not disclose, copy, disseminate or > > otherwise use the information contained in it. If you have received this > > e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and delete > > or destroy the document. Confidential and legal privilege are not waived > or > > lost by reason of mistaken delivery to you. The University of Notre Dame > > Australia is not responsible for any changes made to a document other > than > > those made by the University. Before opening or using attachments please > > check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to > > re-supplying any affected attachments. > > > > > > -- > Brad Coffield, MLIS > Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian > Saint Francis University > 814-472-3315 > [log in to unmask] >