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OCLC control number expansion in 2013

If you've built an app that uses OCLC numbers, here's the official "heads up" that they're expanding next year, and you may need to modify your code:

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 3:23pm
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VIAF transitions from prototype to OCLC service

You may have heard the news a couple of weeks ago that VIAF is transitioning from a prototype to a production OCLC service. Yes, and we’re super excited about it. As it said in the official news release,

Submitted by alicesneary on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:21am
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There's an App for That! at ER&L right now

Just in case you're hanging out in Austin (or virtually) at ER&L--and wondering what to do--head on over to Salon A/B to hear Andrea Schurr from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga and our own Kathryn Harnish share the new apps they've built and talk about the WorldShare Platform.

Here's the information:

Submitted by alicesneary on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 3:39pm
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Check out presentations and information from our panel at CIL!

Last month I had the pleasure of participating on a panel with Jason Griffey from University of Tennessee Chattanooga and Eliot Polak from Norwich University on Plugin and Play Apps. We talked about how the WorldShare Platform can enable libraries to build and share cool custom apps with one another. Jason talked provided an intro to the concepts of platforms and their power.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 1:55pm
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EZproxy hosted service Webinar tomorrow!

If you've ever wished for less authentication server care-and-feeding time, plan to attend (or send your colleagues to) this Webinar tomorrow.

Ezproxy Hosted Webinar

Hear about a hosted solution for your library’s authentication and authorization for e-resources. You'll learn how EZproxy and the Ezproxy hosted service works and listen as EZproxy product manager Don Hamparian answers any and every question possible about Ezproxy configuration.

Thursday, 29 March 2012
12:00 noon–1:00 pm, Eastern (9 am Pacific)

Submitted by alicesneary on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 9:54am
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EZproxy hosted service Webinar tomorrow!

If you've ever wished for less authentication server care-and-feeding time, plan to attend (or send your colleagues to) this Webinar tomorrow.

Ezproxy Hosted Webinar

Hear about a hosted solution for your library’s authentication and authorization for e-resources. You'll learn how EZproxy and the Ezproxy hosted service works and listen as EZproxy product manager Don Hamparian answers any and every question possible about Ezproxy configuration.

Thursday, 29 March 2012
12:00 noon–1:00 pm, Eastern (9 am Pacific)

Submitted by alicesneary on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 9:54am
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Heading to CIL this week? Join us!

Headed to Computers in Libraries? Hope to see you there! There are some stellar session planned. Two to mark your calendars for:

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 5:05pm
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With New Growth comes New Opportunities

You all know that I've been hard at work here at OCLC--pretty much since the day I arrived--to create the Developer Network site and make it useful, functional and helpful for you, the library development community. And helpful for anyone else who ventures over, like partners or non-technical librarians, who might need some information about APIs, widgets or what-have-you.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 11:15am
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TAI CHI Webinar tomorrow on SEO for Institutional Repositories

Our OCLC Research colleagues host an amazing set of Webinars, called TAI CHI which has nothing to do with martial arts or yoga. Other than the fact that the webinars almost always stretch my brain in new directions and remind me how awesome it is to have such a thoughtful, lively community of thinkers around us. The next one coming up is tomorrow, check it out:

Submitted by alicesneary on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 12:02pm
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Downloadable version of FAST now available

Whoop whoop! In case you missed the announcement yesterday, OCLC Research has now made a downloadable version of FAST available, in addition to the Linked Open Data Service. No charge.

What is FAST, you ask?

Submitted by alicesneary on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 2:10pm
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