Library Cataloging
Nice for members of OCLC, WorldCat Search API (Web service).
- Worldcat Search Api And Worldcat Basic Api
Positive news from OCLC about the WorldCat API. New limit by holdings for WorldCat Search API Good news for WorldCat Search API WSkey holders. The WorldCat Search API has been enhanced. You can now limit the results returned to an individual library's...
- Oclc Announces "quick Start" Version Of The Oclc Worldcat Local Service
OCLC is making a WoldCat Local available for free to First Search customers. Currently it is an OPAC replacement, however, plans are to add circulation, ERM, and other ILS functions. One effect of this would be to have the circulation records for dozens...
- Worldcat Citations
Item records in WorldCat.org, WorldCat's open-Web interface, now include a Cite this Item link that provides bibliographic citations in five common styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and Turabian.That was a nice feature on the RedLightGreen site....
- Open Worldcat
OCLC has decided to turn the Open WorldCat pilot into a program that will be an ongoing benefit for OCLC member libraries. The pilot has clearly demonstrated the value of making WorldCat records and library holdings available to the general public on...
- Oclc
This has been reported already by Jenny on the Shifted Librarian, but now there is an official notice.The Open WorldCat pilot is a year-long initiative that makes library resources available from nonlibrary Web sites. The pilot aims to test the effectiveness...
Library Cataloging
WorldCat Search API
Nice for members of OCLC, WorldCat Search API (Web service).
The WorldCat Search API allows your application to search the WorldCat catalog?which indexes the collections of thousands of member libraries around the world?and retrieve:Who can use this tool.lists of bibliographic records, and individual records, for library-held items;information about WorldCat libraries that have cataloged a particular item; anddirect links to those libraries' Web catalog records for the item, when available
Your application will allow users to discover books, videos, music, electronic content and more through WorldCat.
How the API worksSend searches in OpenSearch or SRU CQL syntaxReceive OpenSearch responses in RSS or Atom formatReceive SRU responses in MARC XML or Dublin CoreReceive MARC XML content for a single OCLC recordReceive geographically-sorted library holdings information (each including the institution's name, location and a catalog link) within requests for single recordsReceive records in standard bibliographic citation formats (APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, and Turabian)
- Worldcat Search Api And Worldcat Basic Api
Positive news from OCLC about the WorldCat API. New limit by holdings for WorldCat Search API Good news for WorldCat Search API WSkey holders. The WorldCat Search API has been enhanced. You can now limit the results returned to an individual library's...
- Oclc Announces "quick Start" Version Of The Oclc Worldcat Local Service
OCLC is making a WoldCat Local available for free to First Search customers. Currently it is an OPAC replacement, however, plans are to add circulation, ERM, and other ILS functions. One effect of this would be to have the circulation records for dozens...
- Worldcat Citations
Item records in WorldCat.org, WorldCat's open-Web interface, now include a Cite this Item link that provides bibliographic citations in five common styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and Turabian.That was a nice feature on the RedLightGreen site....
- Open Worldcat
OCLC has decided to turn the Open WorldCat pilot into a program that will be an ongoing benefit for OCLC member libraries. The pilot has clearly demonstrated the value of making WorldCat records and library holdings available to the general public on...
- Oclc
This has been reported already by Jenny on the Shifted Librarian, but now there is an official notice.The Open WorldCat pilot is a year-long initiative that makes library resources available from nonlibrary Web sites. The pilot aims to test the effectiveness...