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Ooooohh, that's an awesome list. Thanks a lot for sharing that. On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Hardy Pottinger <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > 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] > > > -- Brad Coffield, MLIS Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis University 814-472-3315 [log in to unmask]