There are lots of libraries using OCLC's different web services. You can see some examples by going to http://www.oclc.org/developer/applications . The Developer Network also provides many code examples using the various web services via our Subversion repository - http://worldcat.org/devnet/code/devnetDemos/ . All of these are available under an Apache 2 license so the community is welcome to reuse them.
If you want information on a specific web service, please let me know and I'm happy to share what I have with you. Karen Karen A. Coombs Product Manager OCLC Developer Network coom...@oclc.org 281-886-0882 Skype: librarywebchic On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Michel, Jason Paul <miche...@muohio.edu> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm a lurker on this listserv and am interested in gaining some insight into > your experiences of utilizing web service APIs in either an academic library > or public library setting. > > I'm writing a book for ALA Editions on the use of Web Service APIs in > libraries. Each chapter covers a specific API by delineating the > technicalities of the API, discussing potential uses of the API in library > settings, and step-by-step tutorials. > > I'm already including examples of how my library (Miami University in Oxford, > Ohio) are utilizing these APIs but would like to give the reader more > examples from a variety of settings. > > APIs covered in the book: Flickr, Vimeo, Google Charts, Twitter, Open > Library, LibraryThing, Goodreads, OCLC. > > So, what are you folks doing with APIs? > > Thanks for any insight! > > Kind regards, > > Jason > > -- > Jason Paul Michel > User Experience Librarian > Miami University Libraries > Oxford, Ohio 45044 > twitter:jpmichel >
