News
Keep up to date with the latest developments, technical briefs on the platform and services, and general goings on here at the Developer Network.
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Mobile Development Part 1 - Hybrid App Authentication
Would you like to build mobile applications against OCLC API's? We show you how to rapidly develop a hybrid app and walk through the authentication flow. Development is efficient and inexpensive because the open source PhoneGap framework has one code...
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Calling CABs: Obtaining 3,000 required and recommended readings each semester
As part of the process of optimizing the alignment of our book collection with the teaching and learning needs of the colleges, the Claremont Colleges Library launched a service designed to provide students with improved access to approximately 3,000...
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Image Open Access: Implementing IIIF in CONTENTdm
The latest release of CONTENTdm introduced support for the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Image API version 2.1.
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Using CONTENTdm’s APIs to Customize Your Site and Access Your Data
Using CONTENTdm's API suite, developers can unlock the full potential of their metadata and images.
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Inserting Stack Map Links in LHR's with the Collection Manager API & LHRUS Batchloads
Learn how one institution used APIs and batch load to add stack maps to their WorldCat Discovery interface to improve the user experience for students.
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Now Playing: Coding for Users
If you missed our November webinar on Coding for Users you can now view the fu...
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Now Playing: Finding a Common Language
If you missed our recent webinar on Finding a Common Language you can now view the full recording.
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Learn More About Software Development Practices at November Webinars
We're excited to announce two new webinars based on our recent popular blog series covering some of our favortie software development practices. Join Karen Coombs as she walks you through a collection of tools designed to close communication gaps thr...
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WorldCat Registry API and Demonstration Application Updates
Earlier this spring OCLC an API Workshop on the WorldCat Registry web service where we used a demonstration application that displayed libr...
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Modification to VIAF application/xml Response Title Location
OCLC's VIAF service returns many responses, including HTML, VIAF XML, JSON, RDF, MARC21 and UNIMARC records. Although we consider VIAF’s raw XML data primarily an internal format and do not believe many application outside of OCLC use this particular...