Hello, Here at Brown University we are using the Books read API to dynamically insert links to full text versions at the Open Library of titles in our collection. We use the Google Books and Hathi Trust APIs in the same way.
E.g.: http://josiah.brown.edu/record=b2971156 It's done with Javascript on the client side on page load using the OCLC number as the lookup key [1]. It could be adapted to other vendor supplied online catalogs that don't provide much in the way of template customization. Ted Lawless Brown University Libraries 1) http://josiah.brown.edu/screens/josiah_helpers.js On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Lee Passey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, March 7, 2011 12:34 pm, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > > [snip] > >> Hmm, and I guess I'm not actually using covers at present. I am using >> the LibraryThing CoverThing API for covers, which I think is many of the >> same covers as IA/OL, but I'm not sure the relationship between them. > > So is it safe to say that you're actually not using the OL API at all? I think > it is important to recognize the distinction between the Internet Archive and > the OL cataloging system; I'm not sure the synergy between them is all that > great. > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
