Next generation catalogs for libraries <NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu> writes:
>> Make the system friendlier, spend less money on hand-hewn metadata
>> and more on books and services, etc. I have to wonder if a tool such as
>> LibraryThing wouldn't support such a library's needs better than any
>> traditional ILS.
I've started collating links to things in the public arena that are keyed by
ISBN and which represent the sorts of data sources that people building mashups
in their spare time are likely to play with...
http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/ISBNLinks.html
(I'm always up for collecting more...especially ISBN keyed web services)
(an yes I know ISBNs are dodgy etc etc, but if you're outside the library IT
system, as I am, you take what you can get...;-)
tony
Received on Mon Jun 19 2006 - 14:27:14 EDT