We use Alma/Primo. There's a barebones collection in Alma, but with minimal 
data (no thumbnail or full description, iirc) and we have to request Ex Libris 
to update it every few months. It's still the best available to us given our 
time/staffing constraints though.

We've repeatedly asked Lynda.com to provide their higher quality data directly 
to Ex Libris - then it'd be available in either Summon or Primo, we'd just need 
to click a button. It took me a few tries to get them to even understand how 
useful this would be to us (and that different customers having different urls 
is not a blocker!), and I'm not sure how high they're prioritising it. There's 
also a case in with Ex Libris/Proquest on the Content Idea Exchange - 
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/19877110-lynda-com
 - and it's on *their* plans, but I gather sometimes they find vendors listen 
more to customers than to them. So maybe more requests to Lynda.com from more 
customers would help speed things up.

Deborah

-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathan 
Howard
Sent: Friday, 9 March 2018 9:21 a.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Lynda/Summon Integration

Hi,

I am just reaching out to see if anyone has had any experience integrating 
Lynda.com course information into an ILS like Summon. I know that Lynda offers 
AICC integration but I'm wondering if anyone has successfully used this and 
automated it. I am thinking of taking the zip files and creating a REST service 
on a local server to try and expose for Summon.

Any insights are appreciated.

Thanks!
Nathan

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