Comments on: A message for library catalog vendors

By: July

July — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:37:47 +0000

By: Kir

Kir — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:20:16 +0000

By: john

john — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:30:57 +0000

Does anybody know how to query an innovative database by date? I just want a feed of the most recent acquisitions. My library does not publish that information. If I can query it, I can scrape it. Please help!

By: Brian Dorsey

Brian Dorsey — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:35:21 +0000

Also, for ISBN disambiguation, check out thingISBN from LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/06/introducing-thingisbn_14.php

By: Jon Udell

Jon Udell — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:21:18 +0000

“/search/isbn/1565925378″

Yeah, that’s better. Or even, I guess, simply

/isbn/1565925378

“one might want to look into John Blyberg’s PatREST” draft proposal”

Yes, of course, I should’ve remembered that. In which case it’d be:

/rest/search/stdnum/1565925378

Which also, come to think of it, arguably might simply be:

/stdnum/1565925378

By: Library Stuff » Blog Archives » Hey! Remember LibraryLookup?

Library Stuff » Blog Archives » Hey! Remember LibraryLookup? — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:32:41 +0000

[...] Jon Udell: “The LibraryLookup project is almost five years old, and people are still gradually discovering it, as I’m periodically reminded when I get a flurry of emails such as was provoked by this Lifehacker article. I think it’s time for this idea to graduate from the realm of hacks for adventurous people, and enter the realm of normal capabilities that everyone takes for granted.” (via) Posted in Jon Udell, Library Lookup | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top Of Page [...]

By: Science Library Pad

Science Library Pad — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:31:50 +0000

Library Journal netConnect – Web Services and the Social Catalogue

Library Journal netConnect for July is out (July 15, 2007). The cover theme is the Social Catalogue. All of the content is free online as usual. On this theme are an article I wrote about Library Web Services, advocacy by

By: Peter Murray

Peter Murray — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:22:32 +0000

May I argue for a more REST-ful approach? That would make the search look like:

http://helpful.service/search/isbn/1565925378

If we get that far, one might want to look into John Blyberg’s PatREST” draft proposal.

By: Dogzilla

Dogzilla — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:28:28 +0000

Jon,

I used to enjoy using LibraryLookup, before my library “upgraded” their web software to Sirsi. I also lost the wish list capability, since Sirsi’s only last’s for the current session (why even bother?).

In addition to your suggestions, I would like to see an RSS feed of all new items, and another RSS feed/email alert for titles by specific authors.

Back in the 80′s, when dealing with databases from a large IT department, where getting a new database report was impossible, I found that instead of getting the IT department to create a new application, all I really needed was the raw data. A little dBase did the trick.

I think that an upgrade to the Library’s application might be difficult, but just publishing list of ISBN numbers in stock would allow me to do what I want with the data. Additional info, like the quantity, might be useful. All I need is a text file. So my suggestion is to post a text file containing a list of all ISBN’s at the library on the web site.

Thank you for the interest in this subject.