[WEB4LIB] re: web services (was: Re: library marketing was RE:

[Darryl Friesen]

> Actually, this isn't true.  Both ExLibris and Sirsi have APIs (that I 
> can think of off the top of my head).  SFX, Aleph and Metalib 
> could all extended to provide much richer services, for someone
> with the vision (and, of course, Ex Libris products).

I guess I was thinking in terms of "catalogue" systems only when I made my
original comment; I hadn't considered tools like SFX and Metalib.  Our staff
seems to like our ILS system well enough, but as a programmer trying to get
data in and out, to manipulate the I _can_ get out, and trying to integrate
it with other systems, I have a totally opposite opinion.

We are an SFX site, and I must say I'm very impressed with it (and the staff
at Ex Libris that I've dealt with).  We've made use of the SFX APIs, and its
eliminated virtually all the work I used to do with respect to ejournals.
We don't have Metalib (yet) but from what I've seen of it and it's
competitors, I am again impressed.


- Darryl

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  Darryl Friesen, B.Sc., Programmer/Analyst    Darryl.Friesen at usask.ca
  Education & Research Technology Services,     http://gollum.usask.ca/
  Information Technology Services Division,
  University of Saskatchewan
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