Hi Cindy,
Both the Ebsco and Proquest APIs are definitely available to customers. We're using the Ebsco one in our Xerxes application, for example. ( I'll send you a link off-list, Cindy.)
--Dave
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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
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From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cindy Harper [charper_at_COLGATE.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 9:11 AM
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Innovative's Synergy
Hi All - III is touting their web-services based Synergy product as having
the efficiency of a pre-indexed service and the timeliness of a just-in-time
service. Does anyone know if the agreements they have made with database
vendors to use these web services preclude an organization developing an
open-source client to take advantage of those web services? Just curious.
I suppose I should direct my question to EBSCO and Proquest directly.
Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian
Colgate University Libraries
charper_at_colgate.edu
315-228-7363
Received on Wed Jun 30 2010 - 12:40:24 EDT