A web service of some sort (using RSS?) that would give a continual, nearly real-time feed of changes to item availability status (whether it has been checked out, moved to another location, etc.) This web service could be used by discovery interfaces such as Endeca and VUfind to reveal these data as facets. E.g., "show me all the documentaries on DVD that aren't checked out of the library" (I want something now), or "show me all the books on globalization that are checked out of the library" (I want to see what other people are reading right now).

Thanks,
Geoff

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Geoff Sinclair

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