Karen - I've been wondering about this lately, digging around in code at
github, noticing a lot of somewhat aging commit dates, etc. I am joining the
ol-tech list and will ask there, too, but given your history with the project,
do you have a sense of whether IA folks might welcome a modest
There is an open library list: ol-t...@archive.org and some API users do
answer there. However, Open Library is not currently staffed/supported
by the Archive. It's kept running but I'm not clear on the future.
kc
On 1/21/13 5:04 PM, David Fiander wrote:
I'm working on a project that
David Fiander da...@fiander.info
looking at the Open Library APIs.
The documentation for the APIs is weak, and it looks like it hasn't been
updated for a while. Has anybody used them much, or know what the state of
ongoing development of them is?
I think they're used by Koha but I don't
On Jan 21, 2013, at 8:04 PM, David Fiander da...@fiander.info wrote:
The documentation for the APIs is weak, and it looks like it hasn't been
updated for a while. Has anybody used them much, or know what the state of
ongoing development of them is?
I am pretty sure that there is no ongoing
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:04 PM, David Fiander da...@fiander.info wrote:
All I'm really looking for at this point is a way to convert an ISBN into
basic bibliographic data, and to find any related ISBNs, a la OCLC's xISBN
service.
For the former, how about isbndb.com?
working with a db that uses the Powell's Books api
http://api.powells.com/stable
Basic enough bibliographic? or too basic.
sorry not enough coffee yet in PST. Maryann
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Randy Fischer r...@ufl.edu wrote:
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:04 PM, David Fiander
So the xISBN service will give you the workset and basic metadata about
each item in that workset.
http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/0596002815?method=getEditionsformat=xmlfl=*
You can get 1000 request/day without even having to get an affiliate ID.
Another possibility is the
Ross,
You can do it, but it's a two-step process. The RESTful API will give you
the book information based on the ISBN, and that book information has the
work key in it. So you can then fetch the work details with all the ISBNs
in it, but it's not pretty.
- David
On Jan 22, 2013 12:57 PM, Ross
Karen,
Thanks for the details. Like I said, this is for a research project. So,
while I don't need more than 1,000 requests / day right now, given the
current size of my dataset, it will grow larger in the future. But that
means I can start programming and testing without the affiliate ID, and
So when you need a higher level of access you'll have to fill out an xISBN
request and have your eligibility verified. Your library has to be a
cataloging member to get the higher level of access but we can tweak the
usage based on your needs if you're eligible.
Karen
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at
Oh, we're cataloguing members. And the head of tech services has already
emailed out contact about what needs to happen for me to get hooked up.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Karen Coombs librarywebc...@gmail.comwrote:
So when you need a higher level of access you'll have to fill out an
Hi David:
My Amazon to MARC service may be the answer for you. Go to this page:
http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/az2marc.pl and enter the ISBN into the
box labeled ASIN. Not only will you get basic bibliographic data, but
you can export it as a MARC record.
Enjoy,
--CL
On 1/21/13 7:04
On 21 January 2013, David Fiander wrote:
All I'm really looking for at this point is a way to convert an ISBN into
basic bibliographic data, and to find any related ISBNs, a la OCLC's xISBN
service.
LibraryThing's thingISBN is nice and might serve your needs:
The HathiTrust BibAPI might help you out -- you can get MARC-XML back with
a call, although of course its only as good as the underlying record and
our coverage won't be nearly as good as the OCLC.
Format is:
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/full/isbn/080582796X.json
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