Announcing the next WorldCat Mashathon! Sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network, Brandeis University and Microsoft, the next WorldCat Mashathon will be held Thursday and Friday, September 23-24 at the Microsoft New England Research and Development (NERD) Center in Cambridge, MA.
The WorldCat Mashathon gives participants the opportunity for two full days of brainstorming and coding mash-ups with local systems and other Web services to take advantage of all that WorldCat, the world¹s largest bibliographic database, has to offer. Previous Mashathon events in New York, Amsterdam, Seattle, Melbourne and Liverpool, have produced many interesting applications (http://www.oclc.org/developer/applications). * It¹s a chance for anyone interested in structured data to get their hands on the WorldCat Search API. * Participants both inside and outside the library industry are encouraged to participate. * Gain development access to over 144 million bibliographic records from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. * Integrate these resources with many others to create innovative new services. * Share your creative vision and be a part of the next wave of online library development. Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer for OCLC Research will kick off the session. OCLC Developer Network manager Karen Coombs and OCLC Research engineer Bruce Washburn will present, walk participants through building a simple sample application and be available for questions and breakout facilitation. Bring your laptop, your ideas and your curiosity, and we¹ll supply breakfast, lunch and snacks. We will also facilitate forming dinner groups for Thursday night. Every participant will also receive a commemorative Mashathon t-shirt. Learn more and register now for the Mashathon at http://www.oclc.org/developer/events/boston-mashathon