[Web4lib] "open" library/book web services

[Karen Hayden]

Hi, Fred -- Here are a couple of sources which you may already know about:

http://www.ibiblio.org/ and  http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

Karen Hayden
Prospective MLIS Student, Fall 2008
San Jose State University



On 2/19/08, Fred Edwards <fred.edwards at smu.ca> wrote:
>
> Has anyone collected or know of a list of "open" (ie. free or free for
> educational institutions) web services for library / book related
> information?
>
> We're looking at providing information to our users beyond what is
> found in our opac.
>
> in particular, "Tables of Content" and Author biographies
>
> We're currently playing with Amazon, LoC and Google books but the hit
> rate is mediocre at best and frequently truncated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> Fred Edwards
>
> Systems Technician
> Patrick Power Library
> Saint Mary's University
> Halifax, Nova Scotia    B3H 3C3
>
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