Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

[William Denton]

On 8 October 2011, Michel, Jason Paul wrote:

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.


Where I work we use the Google Books API to link to their versions of 
things, and because we use VuFind we pull in book covers from Open Library 
and so on.


Are you covering how libraries make their own APIs?  We have a few that 
are used in our university's student portal and course management system 
to suggest subject guides, course guides and My Librarian.  The docs (now 
somewhat outdated) are here:


http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/web/docs/apis/

How libraries use APIs from big services is interesting, but I'd be very 
interested in reading about how libraries make their own APIs that others 
can reuse, even locally inside large institutions like universities, 
colleges, school systems, cities, etc.


Bill
--
William Denton
Toronto, Canada
http://www.miskatonic.org/

[CODE4LIB] Director, Information Architecture (GWU, Washington, DC)

[karim boughida]

GWU web presence (online strategy and user experience) team is hiring:

https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/5163


-- 
Karim Boughida
kbough...@gmail.com
kbough...@library.gwu.edu

[CODE4LIB] Position: Director, Integrated Library Systems

[Ben Wallberg]

The following position is available at the University of Maryland,
College Park, MD:


Title:  Director, Integrated Library Systems
Category:   Librarian (Open Rank)
Department: Information Technology Division
Benefits:   22 Days Annual Leave, 15 Days of Sick Leave
   3 Days Personal Leave, 15 Paid Holidays
   Tuition Remission, Health, Dental, Vision, and Prescription

The University of Maryland Libraries are the largest university
library system in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore area, and serve 37,000
students and faculty of the flagship College Park campus. Maryland
ranks 50th among the 115 member libraries of the Association of
Research Libraries and has an operating budget of $23.7 million.

The University of Maryland Libraries are seeking a Director for the
Integrated Library Systems department, to provide leadership and
support to the University System of Maryland and Affiliated
Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium in the integration, operation
and maintenance efforts of the consortiums software and database
applications. The ILS Director serves as a senior member of the
College Park Libraries Information Technology Division (ITD),
reporting to the Associate Dean of Information Technology at the
University of Maryland Libraries.  The incumbent works directly with
the Council of Library Directors (CLD) of USMAI and its administrative
structure.  He/she provides leadership and direct supervision to a
professional technical staff.  The ILS director will be responsible
for developing and managing budgets for approved projects and
initiatives of the USMAI.  The director will also be responsible for
developing annual budgets for the ILS team, for presenting that budget
to the CLD and for executing budgets, once they are approved by the
CLD.

The ILS Director will be responsible for the research, planning,
procurement, development, deployment, support and management of USMAI
library application software; and for the integration, implementation,
and maintenance of software to provide access and discovery services
to scholarly and administrative information.

Requirements:
* MLS degree from an ALA-accredited school or program.
* A minimum of four years of professional experience in
 information technology services.
* A minimum of two years experience in a managerial role.
* Strong technical background related to the responsibilities
 of the position.
* Flexibility in a changing technological and organizational environment.
 Ability to adapt to, implement, and manage change in business and
 in service models.

The complete position description can be found at
http://www.lib.umd.edu/PASD/**LPO/LibJobs/ILSD2011PD.pdf

Position is appointed to Librarian Faculty Ranks as established by the
University System of Maryland Board of Regents. Rank at appointment is
based on the successful applicants experience and relevant
credentials. For additional information, consult the following
website: 
http://www.lib.umd.edu/groups/**la/APPSC/index.html

APPLICATIONS: Electronic applications required. Please apply online at
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in the United States; the University of Maryland Libraries will not
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cover letter which includes the source of advertisement, a curriculum
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Applications will be reviewed as they are received and accepted until
November 5, 2011.

The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a
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sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry
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affiliation. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

[CODE4LIB] DC Region Fedora User Group Meeting Program Information Fri Oct 14, 2011 (GWU)

[karim boughida]

Hi All,
Join us if you're around here DC-MD-VA...some code4libers are attending.

DC Region Fedora User Group Meeting Program Information

http://duraspace.org/dc-region-fedora-user-group-meeting-program-information

-- 
Karim Boughida
kbough...@gmail.com
kbough...@library.gwu.edu


DC Region Fedora User Group Meeting Program Information

Ithaca, NY
Details for this Friday's (Oct. 14, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm) DC Region
Fedora User Group Meeting are now available. The meeting will be held
in:

Room 207
Gelman Library
George Washington University
2130 H St. NW
Washington, DC 20052

There's still time to plan on attending. Our hosts at George
Washington University would like for you to let them know if you are
planning to attend by sending email to Karim Boughida at
kbough...@gmail.com. If you haven't already done that, please do so as
soon as possible.

Program

Introduction

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and some haranguing about how we need to get the
group organized a bit, by Thorny Staples

9:15 – 9:30 Val Hollister will give an update about DuraSpace

Applications on top of Fedora

9:30 – 10:00 Matt Zumwalt (MediaShelf) and/or Robin Ruggaber (UVA)
will talk about the Hydra Project.

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:30 Mark Leggott (DiscoveryGarden and UPEI) will talk about Islandora

Updates from User Institutions

11:30 - 11:50 Goddard Space Flight Center

11:50 – 11:55 National Library of Agriculture

11:55 – 12:00 National Library of Medicine

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch on your own

1:30 – 1:50 National Technical Information Service

1:50 – 2:10 Rutgers University

2:10 – 2:30 Smithsonian Institution

2:30 – 2:50 University of Virignia

2:50 – 3:10 US Geological Survey

The rest of the time can be used by others who might be moved to give
a 5 minute update and to discuss how we should operate the user group.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

[Michel, Jason Paul]

Reviews huh? That's interestingŠ.

How are you utilizing the Twitter API?  We're using it as an outage
reporting interface.  If a printer is down for whatever reason, a staff
member Tweets specific hashtags regarding the broken machine, this tweet
gets received by our printer vendor, they fix it, tweet that its been
fixed.  There's also a basic dashboard which displays the current status
of printers that staff can quickly see at a glanceŠ

http://www.lib.muohio.edu/mom_printer_status


Jason

On 10/10/11 1:06 PM, "Joshua Welker"  wrote:

>Michael,
>
>I am in the process of adding book descriptions, reviews, and jacket
>images to our III WebPAC using the Google Books API. We also use Twitter
>and LibGuides APIs.
>
>Josh Welker
>Electronic/Media Services Librarian
>College Liaison
>University Libraries
>Southwest Baptist University
>417.328.1624
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Michel, Jason Paul
>Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:34 PM
>To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>Subject: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public
>Libraries
>
>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

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

[Michel, Jason Paul]

Ethan,

How are you utilizing flickr's API?

Jason

On 10/10/11 1:02 PM, "Ethan Gruber"  wrote:

>Hi,
>
>At the American Numismatic Society (A LAM/academic research organization),
>we're using APIs for:
>
>geonames.org (geographic places)
>viaf.org (personal and corporate names)
>flickr
>id.loc.gov (Atom feed for LCSH)
>google docs Atom feed
>
>We're looking into Worldcat APIs and have developed some of our own APIs
>for
>querying and delivering metadata in the form of Atom or KML generated from
>Solr search results.
>
>Ethan
>
>On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Michel, Jason Paul
>wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> Excellent. Thanks so much for the insight.  We're utilizing the
>>HathiTrust
>> BibAPI as wellŠ
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> On 10/8/11 7:02 PM, "Bill Dueber"  wrote:
>>
>> >The HathiTrust BibAPI and DataAPIs are being used by several on this
>>list
>> >(and by me behind the scenes on occasion, although I sometimes cheat
>> >because
>> >the data are local). Based on our logs, the most common use is to use
>>the
>> >BibAPI to check HT availability of an item already in someone's local
>> >catalog.
>> >
>> >http://www.hathitrust.org/data
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Michel, Jason Paul
>> >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
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Bill Dueber
>> >Library Systems Programmer
>> >University of Michigan Library
>>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

[Karen Coombs]

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  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
>

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

[Parker, Anson (adp6j)]

We're using thompson reuters api for impact factors...  It is awful,
dated, and fairly useless in my opinion.. A chore to work with too




On 10/10/11 1:06 PM, "Joshua Welker"  wrote:

>Michael,
>
>I am in the process of adding book descriptions, reviews, and jacket
>images to our III WebPAC using the Google Books API. We also use Twitter
>and LibGuides APIs.
>
>Josh Welker
>Electronic/Media Services Librarian
>College Liaison
>University Libraries
>Southwest Baptist University
>417.328.1624
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Michel, Jason Paul
>Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:34 PM
>To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>Subject: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public
>Libraries
>
>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

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

[Joshua Welker]

Michael,

I am in the process of adding book descriptions, reviews, and jacket images to 
our III WebPAC using the Google Books API. We also use Twitter and LibGuides 
APIs.

Josh Welker
Electronic/Media Services Librarian
College Liaison
University Libraries
Southwest Baptist University
417.328.1624


-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Michel, 
Jason Paul
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:34 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

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

Re: [CODE4LIB] Examples of Web Service APIs in Academic & Public Libraries

[Ethan Gruber]

Hi,

At the American Numismatic Society (A LAM/academic research organization),
we're using APIs for:

geonames.org (geographic places)
viaf.org (personal and corporate names)
flickr
id.loc.gov (Atom feed for LCSH)
google docs Atom feed

We're looking into Worldcat APIs and have developed some of our own APIs for
querying and delivering metadata in the form of Atom or KML generated from
Solr search results.

Ethan

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Michel, Jason Paul wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Excellent. Thanks so much for the insight.  We're utilizing the HathiTrust
> BibAPI as wellŠ
>
> Jason
>
> On 10/8/11 7:02 PM, "Bill Dueber"  wrote:
>
> >The HathiTrust BibAPI and DataAPIs are being used by several on this list
> >(and by me behind the scenes on occasion, although I sometimes cheat
> >because
> >the data are local). Based on our logs, the most common use is to use the
> >BibAPI to check HT availability of an item already in someone's local
> >catalog.
> >
> >http://www.hathitrust.org/data
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Michel, Jason Paul
> >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
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Bill Dueber
> >Library Systems Programmer
> >University of Michigan Library
>

[CODE4LIB] job: Digital Project Manager, GWU Libraries

[D Chudnov]

Come work with us!  This is a good opportunity for someone with both
technical and project management experience.

The position is for one year, with a possibility of renewal.

  
http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/about/organization/jobs/staff/digital-project-manager-ft

  -Dan


The Digital Project Manager will have key responsibility for managing
all technical and operational aspects of digitization and/or digital
reformatting projects undertaken by GWU’s Cyberinfrastructure Center
(CIC). The DP Manager will oversee projects from design through final
project deliverables.

Posting Number: Staff - 000396
Position Title: Digital Project Manager
FLSA: Exempt, Full-Time
Pay Grade: 20
Work Schedule: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday thru Friday
Total Hours Per Week: 40
Recruitment Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Work Address of Position: 2130 H Street, NW Washington DC 20052
Required Licenses/Certifications and other Specific Requirements:
Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications
Verification, Social Security Number Trace, Sex Offender Registry
Search, and Prior Employment Verification

Job Description Summary:

The Digital Project Manager will have key responsibility for managing
all technical
and operational aspects of digitization and/or digital reformatting projects
undertaken by GWU’s Cyberinfrastructure Center (CIC). The DP Manager will
oversee projects from design through final project deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization and four years
relevant experience. Degree requirements maybe substituted with a combination
of education, training and experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience in successful project management.
• Proven experience collaborating with others to create effective repeatable
processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of relevant digital library standards, such as MARC, EAD,
HTML, XML, MODS, and Dublin Core.
• Knowledge of current metadata schemes and evolving standards.
• Experience working with supervisors in adjusting workflow to accommodate
changing priorities.

Desired Qualifications:

• Successful experience working with a variety of academic library staff.
• Familiarity with some or all of these metadata standards: MARC, EAD,
TEI, VRA Core, Dublin Core, MODS, and METS.
• Experience with digital library management systems like CONTENTdm,
Dspace, or Fedora.
• Experience working with non-Roman Unicode-based textual data.
• Experience working with and/or managing library IT staff.
• Working knowledge of one or more programming languages.

Working Conditions: Normal Office Environment
Physical Demands: Normal Office Environment

Required open-ended question:  Describe a large-scale technology
project with which you've been involved that required coordinating
multiple people, changing priorities, and shifting project timelines
to ultimately deliver a satisfactory end product.

Functions:

1.  In collaboration with relevant library staff, assesses and manages
all technical and operational procedural aspects of multiple digital
library projects.
2.  In consultation with the Directors of the Cyberinfrastructure
Center, develops and applies best practices and standards in
digitization workflow.
3.  In consultation with the Directors of the Cyberinfrastructure
Center, assesses lessons learned from existing and new projects, and
incorporates appropriate changes into ongoing project planning and
implementation.
4.  Writes and maintains policies and procedures relating to the
management of digital collections.
5.  Regularly informs library staff and appropriate University
officials of goals, progress, and potential future directions.

Please apply through George Washington University's application
management system: https://www.gwu.jobs  At this page go to "search
postings" and type 000396 in the "Position Number" field.

The Library's website URL is http://www.gelman.gwu.edu