[Web4lib] "open" library/book web services

[Fred Edwards]

Thanks everyone for replying.

While the information was good, what I was really hoping for was links
to services that offer XML feeds (web services) that give book
details...

such as LoC's SRU/SRW, Amazon's API, Google Books API, etc...

I'm trying to programmatically search the resources and deliver the
"best" information available that way to the patron.

an Onix service would be nice, but even if there was there's limited
adaptation by publishers and, of course, only contains details of
"active" titles...

And, though I never mentioned it, we are hoping to access something
that isn't aiming to make our display a commercial portal for their
sales...



Thanks again

Fred Edwards

Systems Technician
Patrick Power Library
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, Nova Scotia    B3H 3C3

Phone:     (902) 420-5096
Fax:       (902) 420-5561
E-mail:    Fred.Edwards at smu.ca
Website:   http://www.smu.ca/library/

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