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Learn more about the cooperative platform: Architecture

In my last post, I talked about the framework of the cooperative platform and how the framework will make data and business logic more available from OCLC services. Now, I’ll go into the architecture.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 11:00pm
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Learn more about the cooperative platform: Framework

In her blog post last week, Kathryn introduced the cooperative platform and shared news about how this new environment--and lots more OCLC services-- will help libraries to create innovative solutions to everyday needs. Alice compels me to mention that "cooperative platform" is simply the working title but not it's official name. Now, I'd like to follow up on that post with more information about the cooperative platform architecture and technology.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 8:37am
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Welcome Credo Reference

You may have seen the recent news release that Credo Reference is going to enable libraries to use their WorldCat Search API WSkey to display WorldCat results within the Credo Reference system. Enhancements like this one take the user one step closer to having all the possible library resources available--no matter where they start their search. It fits OCLC's strategy of putting libraries and WorldCat data where users are already going.

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 10:14am
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Introduction to Web Services Webinar scheduled for Thursday, July 28

Heard people talk about "using APIs and Web Services" and not quite sure what they were talking about? Or more likely--been talking about Web Services to your colleagues or manager/director and gotten blank looks?

Join Karen Coombs of the OCLC Developer Network as she demystifies the topic. Send your fellow staff members, to help them understand what you do.

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 10:20am
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This one’s for you: Introducing the OCLC Cooperative Platform

At the recent American Library Association conference, held in late June in New Orleans, I had the privilege of presenting — with a few of your Developer Network colleagues — on OCLC’s new Cooperative Platform.

What’s that, you ask?

Submitted by HARNISHK on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 11:08am
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Planned downtime for WorldCat Identities, xID services to upgrade storage capacity

On Sunday, July 10 there will be a scheduled service downtime for a number of OCLC services from 1:00 am until at least 6:00 am and, at most, 11:00 am (U.S. Eastern Time). We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. We need to take the following services off-line in order to upgrade the storage systems and capacity for all OCLC services. During this time, the following services will be unavailable:

· OCLC Platform

· WorldCat Identities

· xISSN and xISBN

Submitted by alicesneary on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 11:00pm
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Enhancements to WorldCat Search API

This past weekend we added some new enhancements to the WorldCat Search API.

New Open Digital Limit

The new Open Digital Limit is available through the SRU queries.  This limit returns records describing digital content contributed to WorldCat from open access digital repositories.  Records contain that URLs the point to the digital file.

The searchable values are:

Submitted by librarywebchic on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 2:26pm
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Come see Platform prototype and draft apps at ALA Annual

If you're planning to attend ALA, put this meeting on your calendar. Or better yet, your calendar and your Director's calendar. You’re going to like what you see.

We'll also be videotaping the session--so no worries if you aren't heading to New Orleans next week. Watch this space for the video link after the conference.

So what’s the session? We went with a New Orleans-themed approach:

Submitted by alicesneary on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 9:21am
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Testing Web Services

One of my roles with the Developer Network is to test and teach OCLC web services. While it isn't part of my job to do the regular testing of the services, there are some other things that go hand in hand with it that are: documentation and support for the services, building code examples and teaching people about the services. So when someone reports something as an problem, the first thing I do is try to replicate the issue. When my code isn't working, I fall back to making sure the service performs as anticipated. With RESTful read only services this is pretty simple.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:19am
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From the archives: How we built the WorldCat Facebook App using the WorldCat Search API

Way back in 2007, when Facebook was new and interesting to me, as part of my work in testing how the WorldCat Search API would behave in the real world I wrote a Facebook app that would search WorldCat.  

Submitted by btwashburn on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 8:55am
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