Real Life Experiences
Karen A. Coombs
with Library APIs University of Houston Libraries
Friday, October 2, 2009

WorldCat Search API
Friday, October 2, 2009

Problem: Integrate Library Catalog Data into Library Website
Friday, October 2, 2009

WorldCat in FCKEditor
Friday, October 2, 2009

Problem: Spotlight Library Holdings on Blogs
Friday, October 2, 2009

WorldCat Search
Widget for Wordpress
Friday, October 2, 2009

Problem: Suggest other libraries with this book
Friday, October 2, 2009

WorldCat Search API
Google Map
Friday, October 2, 2009

xISSN
Friday, October 2, 2009

Problem: Add link to TOC RSS on Journal Records
Friday, October 2, 2009

xISSN TOC Lookup
Friday, October 2, 2009

WorldCat Registry
Friday, October 2, 2009

Problem: Show users other libraries nearby
Friday, October 2, 2009

Libraries Nearby
Friday, October 2, 2009

Some challenges
• Having the right data
• ISBN
• Geo Coordinates or valid
address
• Choosing a metadata format
• Dublin Core too dumb
• MARCXML too hard
• XPath
Friday, October 2, 2009