Library Cataloging
Google has an API for Google Books that can add informaiton to the OPAC.
- Book Covers
The other day I asked for suggestions about where to get book covers to include in the cataog. One comment suggest BookChaser.com.This is an experimental tool that lets people compare what book covers are available through different APIs. It uses four...
- Isbn Tool
The ISBN Links Generator will generate various links keyed by an ISBN. The list of links includes:Google "Look Inside"Amazon "Search Inside"Amazon.co.uk sales page (with affiliate code)Amazon Web Service Item InfoOU Library catalogue lookupOCLC Audience...
- Windows Generator For Google Sitemap-files
Another Web site metadata creation tool. The Windows Generator for Google SiteMap-Files can help create a file for Google to index your site.Google Sitemaps allow the webmaster to help Google index their sites more effectively. According to Google it...
- Google Book
This looks interesting, especially with the Open WorldCat program and Google Scholar recently getting so much attention. Google Hacks, 2nd ed. by Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest.In his foreword to the book, Craig Silverstein, Director of Technology at...
- Amazon.com Citations
Amazon seems to be getting into the citation linking game.Amazon.com Citations is a program that helps customers discover books related to the ones they're interested in. Amazon scans every book in the Search Inside the Book program looking for phrases...
Library Cataloging
Google Books API and the OPAC
Google has an API for Google Books that can add informaiton to the OPAC.
The Google Book Search Book Viewability API enables developers to:Link to Books in Google Book Search using ISBNs, LCCNs, and OCLC numbersKnow whether Google Book Search has a specific title and what the viewability of that title isGenerate links to a thumbnail of the cover of a bookGenerate links to an informational page about a bookGenerate links to a preview of a book
- Book Covers
The other day I asked for suggestions about where to get book covers to include in the cataog. One comment suggest BookChaser.com.This is an experimental tool that lets people compare what book covers are available through different APIs. It uses four...
- Isbn Tool
The ISBN Links Generator will generate various links keyed by an ISBN. The list of links includes:Google "Look Inside"Amazon "Search Inside"Amazon.co.uk sales page (with affiliate code)Amazon Web Service Item InfoOU Library catalogue lookupOCLC Audience...
- Windows Generator For Google Sitemap-files
Another Web site metadata creation tool. The Windows Generator for Google SiteMap-Files can help create a file for Google to index your site.Google Sitemaps allow the webmaster to help Google index their sites more effectively. According to Google it...
- Google Book
This looks interesting, especially with the Open WorldCat program and Google Scholar recently getting so much attention. Google Hacks, 2nd ed. by Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest.In his foreword to the book, Craig Silverstein, Director of Technology at...
- Amazon.com Citations
Amazon seems to be getting into the citation linking game.Amazon.com Citations is a program that helps customers discover books related to the ones they're interested in. Amazon scans every book in the Search Inside the Book program looking for phrases...