Does anyone know if you can query GBS for LCCNs or Worldcats?
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On 9/14/07, Ross Singer <ross.singer_at_library.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Honestly, this would be a great OpenURL service:
>
> Send an isbn/OCLC/LCCN and get back a menu (or XML document or JSON
> response) with whether or not that item is in OCA/PG (available from
> IndexData's OpenContent), or available via Google Books in full or
> just search (and OpenURL would be especially useful here as you can
> send the user's IP to determine if a work is available in fulltext for
> them), or Amazon's 'search inside the book'.
>
> The data for sites like Amazon and GBS and MS (and whatever other
> 'closed' source) could be aggregated via a bookmarklet like Tim just
> mentioned.
>
> This would be a seriously great and useful service.
>
> -Ross.
>
> On 9/14/07, Tim Spalding <tim_at_librarything.com> wrote:
> > I'm aware GBS throttles attempts to get the data. Since Google is
> > *surely* interested in external sites linking to them, I can only
> > conclude this is an oversight on their part. (It would certainly
> > surprise me if a site built on search—their bots make up to 1/3 of
> > LibraryThing total traffic!—did not want others to link to search and
> > link to them.)
> >
> > To solve this problem, I am creating a JavaScript bookmarklet that
> > works like "SETI_at_home." You go to Google Book Search and click a
> > button. In the background it searches for books and brings back the
> > Google IDs. You can do it while you work on something else in another
> > window, or stare slackjawed as the results going by. Because it uses
> > your browser and your IP address, and because it goes slowly, it does
> > not appear to trigger shutdowns.
> >
> > If you are a LibraryThing member it will search for your LibraryThing
> > books. If not, or if you just want to help, it will search for random
> > books that haven't been covered.
> >
> > All the data will be made freely available on LibraryThing, no strings
> > attached. I'm hoping that libraries and projects like the Open Library
> > pick it up. If there's a desire, we'll add GBS links to our
> > LibraryThing for Libraries product, as a free add-on.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On 9/14/07, Jason Etheridge <phasefx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 9/14/07, Tim Spalding <tim_at_librarything.com> wrote:
> > > > It seems to me this would be a service—check out a book before you get
> > > > it. But I could imagine it would also touch a nerve.
> > >
> > > I'd like this (and have certainly experimented with Project Gutenberg
> > > records), but (and this might be obvious) you'd want to build it so
> > > that it can be selectively disabled.
> > >
> > > It surprised me at first, but some libraries don't actually want
> > > patrons spending too much time on "catalog-only" workstations, and
> > > they'll lock them down to prevent general internet browsing. The
> > > rationale is that those stations are a limited resource, and they want
> > > as many patrons to have access to them for the immediate need of
> > > finding resources in the stacks. They'll have other workstations
> > > dedicated to Internet and under the control of some time management
> > > software. On those, you'd want to expose all the online resources you
> > > can.
> > >
> > > -- Jason
> > > http:://esilibrary.com/
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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Received on Fri Sep 14 2007 - 12:48:06 EDT