[Web4lib] "open" library/book web services

[Mark Sandford]

It's probably controversial to some, but VUFind links to Wikipedia for
author information.

Here's an example:

http://www.vufind.org/demo/Author/Home?author=Twain,%20Mark,

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Mark Sandford
Special Formats Cataloger
William Paterson University
(973)270-2437
sandfordm1 at wpunj.edu


On Feb 20, 2008 10:29 AM, Fred Edwards <fred.edwards at smu.ca> wrote:
> 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...
>