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Loose Cannon Librarian » printed with permission…
About Danbury and LibraryThing for Libraries, from the post – “I wrote a sidebar to John Blyberg’s must-read article on open APIs (go, now, read it)… I asked for and received permission to post the unedited version here:”
Category: OPAC
links for 2007-07-25
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Always Pushing Information – 7/15/2007 – netConnect
“John Blyberg advocates for open APIs between libraries and vendors to speed innovation”
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WorldCat Local pilot announcement [OCLC]
Saving some older links.
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A Recipe for OpenID-Enabling Your Site
From the site “This is a step-by-step tutorial guide for implementing OpenID consumer-side support with a web site that already has users with accounts.”
links for 2007-07-20
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Section on useing XFN, hCard, etc. to create a portable social network. I wrote about this idea over a year ago after a discussion we had at BarCampRDU 2006.
links for 2007-07-18
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Open Library says “Imagine a library that collected all the world’s information about all the world’s books and made it available for everyone to view and update. We’re building that library.” Update: Things are evolving really fast. These are probably the most revolutionary times for library catalogs since they first went electronic. This is a great example of the changes afoot. From the site:
Second, it must be grandly comprehensive. It would take catalog entries from every library and publisher and random Internet user who is willing to donate them. It would link to places where each book could be bought, borrowed, or downloaded. It would collect reviews and references and discussions and every other piece of data about the book it could get its hands on.
But most importantly, such a library must be fully open. Not simply “free to the people,” as the grand banner across the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh proclaims, but a product of the people: letting them create and curate its catalog, contribute to its content, participate in its governance, and have full, free access to its data.
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Brushing up on my OpenID literature for an article I am writing.
Brief review of WorldCat Beta
The new WorldCat.org is a significant step forward. I am especially impressed with the efficient permanent urls (isbn/isbnnumber and oclc/oclcnumber) and the faceted browsing offered on the left of the results screen. Additionally, I like the breadcrumb trail that accompanies the faceted browsing. I am also impressed with the search speed and the simplicity of the interface. They have also describe a number of ways to integrate WorldCat into one’s browsing habits and websites. I look forward to seeing results appearing in search engine results. Overall, it seems like a significant step forward, but I need to look at it more carefully later.