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Connect OCLC’s WorldShare® Management Services (WMS) with the market-leading resource list management system, Talis Aspire. Resource lists in Aspire appear in WMS workflows around the discovery, acquisition, receiving, and withdrawal of library materials.
Integrates with: WorldShare Management Availability API, WorldCat® Search API, WorldCat knowledge base API
MarcEdit is a free metadata editing suite that provides integration with a number of OCLC web services and APIs.
Integrates with: WorldCat Metadata API, WorldCat Search API
This custom printing application uses the WorldCat Search API and the WMS Collection Management API to provide additional label printing capabilities for users of OCLC's WMS system.
Integrates with: WMS Collection Management API, WorldCat Search API
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23 May 2023
DevConnect 2023: Seamless smart fulfillment between Tipasa, Alma, and Primo
Join OCLC experts, Stacy Brunner and Karen Coombs, to learn how your library can link Tipasa, Alma, and Primo.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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16 May 2023
DevConnect 2023: Using jq with OCLC APIs
Larry Deck from the Concordia University will discuss how to use jq to get reports out of various OCLC APIs (Knowledge Base, License Manager, Acquisitions).
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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02 May 2023
WMS Connect x DevConnect - Let Me See Your License: Adding Title Level Notes to Limited-Access Ebooks
Learn how Candace Lebel at The Claremont Colleges Library used the WorldCat Knowledge Base API and a GOBI-provided list of ebook purchases since early 2009 to let their patrons know which of their ebooks were licensed for only limited access.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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