On 6/18/06, Miriam Bobkoff <mbobkoff_at_cybermesa.com> wrote:
> Robin Hastings wrote, in response to Tim Spalding's desire for a list of
> ISBNs from a given library:
>
> >That sounds like an Innovative Interfaces system. I'm responsible for
> >one of those at my library and there isn't a whole lot you can do with
> >it without that very expensive XML server.
>
> If literally what's wanted is a list, I could run one out of our Innovative
> system any time, and export it whereever I want to send it. Supposing I
> were interested in the relationship Tim described ('LibraryThing is
> starting to look at "hooking up" to libraries, for example providing its
> recommendations to libraries that want to show them')--and I am--it would
> not be burdensome to send such a list on a regular basis. But I don't know
> of a way for it to send itself, or to allow LibraryThing to get in the
> system and request such a thing automatically..
I wasn't clear there - I'm responsible for connecting the catalog to
the web. I don't worry about the backend as much. I'm sure it's
possible to do on the back side of the system, but I can't think of a
way to do it through the web interface so that it's available
publicly. I was speaking from a rather limited view of the system -
sorry about that!!
--
Robin Hastings
robin.hastings_at_gmail.com
http://www.rhastings.net
Received on Sun Jun 18 2006 - 20:41:06 EDT