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Application gallery
See what’s possible with OCLC Web Services. Members of the OCLC Developer Network and participants at WorldCat Mashathons have created these apps and mash-ups—and we'd love to showcase your interesting idea here, too. Send us a screen shot, URL and a short write-up about your project.
Improving library catalogs
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Also Available at a WorldCat Library
Created at the May 2009 WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam, the “Also available at” sidebar in the Wageningen UR Library Catalogue development site uses the WorldCat Search API and the WorldCat Registry OpenURL Gateway to display a location-sensitive listing for other WorldCat libraries who also hold the item.
Developed by: Peter van Boheemen, Wageningen University
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Getting It System Toolkit (GIST) for Gifts and Weed Manager
GIST integrates and optimizes acquisition and interlibrary loan services. It also helps to promote regional collection diversity. Using one interface and the WorldCat Search API, it merges Acquisitions and ILL request workflows, enabling user-initiated requests and the coordination of collection development and acquisitions.
Learn more about the Gift and De-select project
Developed by: Mark Sullivan and Cyril Oberlander, SUNY Geneseo
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Keyword Suggester on Drupal
Created during the WorldCat Hackathon 2008 in New York, this application seeks new ways of enhancing the quality of folksonomic tags by offering users suggestions from controlled vocabularies like MESH.
Developed by: Chad Fennell, University of Minnesota
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LouFind
LouFind uses the WorldCat Search API—including citation—and the WorldCat Registry to find libraries near Brandeis. It helps users determine who holds the book, and provides detailed location information on each library, which is then fed to the Google Maps API. LouFind is written in PHP.
Developed by: Greg McClellan, Brandeis University
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Online Catalog
Cal State is using the WorldCat Search API to create a customized interface to WorldCat. This view seamlessly integrates WorldCat results into their library Web sites and meta search systems, with hooks into local catalog systems, their link resolver, and a whole host of other systems and services designed for undergraduate research.
Developed by: David Walker, California State University
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Peer Reviewed Journals and Writers for Henrik Ibsen
This mash up, built during the WorldCat Mashathon 2009 in Seattle, takes an index of Ibsen scholarship from journals and conference proceedings and adds authoritativeness from canonical sources. Elements added include a peer review indicator for journals via xISSN and a WorldCat Identities links to writers listed in the Ibsen database.
Developed by: Peter Leonard, University of Washington
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Search for Similar Titles
One of the top users of the service, Heidelberg University employs xISBN to map book relations in HEIDI, the online public access catalog for all four library locations. In the user interface, this functionality is expressed through the “Search for Similar Titles” link.
Developed by: Leonhard Maylein Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
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Send it to Me
Created during the WorldCat Hackathon 2008 in New York, Send it to me uses ISBN matching to faciliate borrowing items locally or to help the user find other similar items like that one, purchase it, and/or begin an interlibrary loan request.
Developed by: Eric Lease Morgan, Notre Dame University
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Serials Solutions E-Journal List/360Link and xISSN Mashup
Submitted virtually as a part of the WorldCat Mashathon 2009 in Seattle, this mashup helps researchers identify peer-reviewed journals. For every ISSN the script finds using the JQuery library, it checks the OCLC xISSN service to see if the item is peer-reviewed. If it is, then it adds a “Peer Reviewed” indicator.
Developed by: Karen Coombs, University of Houston Libraries
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TRLN Authorities Autosuggest
The Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) consortia in North Carolina provides their users with “Related author searches” when a user searches by author. It then provides a link to the WorldCat Identities record for the author through the “info” link to show additional works and biographical information available through WorldCat data mining.
Developed by: Jill Sexton, University Library, UNC Chapel Hill
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UNC Chapel Hill
The UNC Chapel Hill library catalog uses the WorldCat Search API to let users expand their searches beyond their own catalog or consortial catalog. It lets users know how many results are available worldwide and links to a corresponding WorldCat.org search.
Developed by: Jill Sexton, University Library, UNC Chapel Hill
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Going mobile
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Book Bazaar
Book Bazaar is an iPhone app that lets you search for books online, compare prices and also find books in local libraries through their use of the WorldCat Search API. Then once you find the item you want, you can contact to the local library through information provided by the WorldCat Registry APIs such as address, phone and URL. The app also works with Google Maps to provide specific directions to your chosen library.
Developed by: Bayview Labs
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Campus Books
iPhone app that lets you scan a barcode or enter a title, author, keyword, or ISBN in order search for books online, compare prices and also find books in local libraries through their use of the WorldCat Search API. Then once you find the item you want, you can contact to the local library through information provided by the WorldCat Registry APIs such as address, phone and URL.
Developed by: Jeff Cohen
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Disk Tracker
Disc Tracker is a personal portable CD database. CDs are displayed ordered by album title, artist, music genre, and status. You can search for CDs in your collection, and enter a "loan status" to remember who you loaned the CD to or borrowed it from. A new CD can be entered automatically (enter UPC/EAN and remaining data is loaded from the internet) or manually. If you load the data from the internet, the CD cover image is loaded as well. Application allows users to find libraries near them with a particular CD based on information in the Worldcat Search API. Information about that library is and its location is then available to the user.
Developed by: Joshua Pressnell
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iBookshelf
iBookshelf is your personal portable library reference. A comprehensive book database, created and continuously maintained through extensive feedback from readers. Application allows users to find libraries near them with a particular book based on information in the Worldcat Search API. Information about that library is and its location is then available to the user.
Developed by: Joshua Pressnell
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iRecommend
By scanning a book barcode or entering an ISBN, this application will quickly show you which books you should be reading and where you can buy or borrow them. Data on where to borrow books is based on the WorldCat Search API.
Developed by: Joshua Pressnell
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MyBox Office
MyBoxOffice is a personal movie database designed to keep track of your personal DVD and VHS collection. Movie data can automatically get pulled from the internet to provide title, genre, and the movie cover image when you provide the UPC code. Movie data can also be entered manually. Application allows users to find libraries near them with a particular movie based on information in the Worldcat Search API. Information about that library is and its location is then available to the user.
Developed by: Joshua Pressnell
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MyLibrary
My Library keeps all the information about your personal media collection at your fingertips. Separate tabs are available to display your books, movies, and compact discs, all ordered conveniently by title. You can search for items in your library, and enter a "loan status" to remember who you loaned the item to or borrowed it from. A new item can be entered automatically (enter ISBN, EAN, or UPC and remaining data is loaded from the internet) or manually. If you load the data from the internet, the item's cover image is loaded as well. Application allows users to find libraries near them with a particular CD based on information in the Worldcat Search API. Information about that library is and its location is then available to the user.
Developed by: Joshua Pressnell
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pic2shop
Pic2Shop is a free iPhone app that turns your phone into a barcode scanner. It lets you check and compare prices for thousands of items—and it now lets you see if a local library has the book you’re interested in. Available through the iTunes App store worldwide for all iPhone models, Pic2Shop shows you library availability on the go.
Developed by: Visionsmarts.com (feedback email)
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Red Laser
Red Laser is an iPhone app that turns your phone into a barcode scanner. It lets you check and compare prices for items such as books, videos and more—and it now includes library materials results. As the #1 Paid Utility App in the iPhone App store, Red Laser reminds thousands of consumers of library availability through the convenience of their mobile phone.
Developed by: Occipital.com (email)
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WorldCat Search API query for mobile
Using a J query and PHP at the Code4Lib 2010 workshop on OCLC Web Services, Jason designed a simple search for WorldCat results that could be re-used in a mobile environment, as a widget or gadgetized. You can also get a feed for the results delivered.
Developed by: Jason Clark, Montana State University Libraries
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Engaging users
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Author’s Works, Check Nearby Libraries
Links from the local catalog that help the user find more works by the same author through a link to WorldCat Identities, and a link to find the item in nearby libraries through linking to WorldCat.org via the permalink for each item—the OCLC number.
Developed by: Judy Hsu, The University of the West
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CiteMe Facebook App
A Facebook app that delivers formatted citations from WorldCat from right within Facebook. You can add the app to personal profiles or organizational Pages.
Developed by: Bruce Washburn, OCLC Research
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Digital Library Program
A prototype using the experimental OCLC Terminologies Service for the Digital Library Program's collections. A query is expanded and broader, and related terms are suggested.
Developed by: Michael Durbin, Indiana University
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Extending Online Museum Collections
Using museum data exchange formats and Yahoo Pipes, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is prototyping online collection entries that include bibliographic data via the WorldCat Search API, books by and about artists using WorldCat Identities, and extended search terms from the OCLC Terminologies Service
Developed by: Piotr Adamczyk, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Feed Me Some WorldCat
Feed Me Some WorldCat lets you track the latest items to be entered into WorldCat through a simple keyword/topic search. It sorts the most recently added items to the top by date, using PHP and OpenSearch. Sit back and get updates on WorldCat through your feed reader.
Developed by: Jason Clark, Montana State University
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Fuwatto WorldCat Search
Developed very quickly at the OCLC Web Services workshop during Code4Lib 2010, this service lets you cut and paste any online article or URL into the search box. Then, it uses the WorldCat Basic API to show all the relevant related references to additional reading materials from WorldCat.org.
Developed by: Masao Takaku, Ph. D., National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
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New York Times BestSellers mashup with WorldCat
Created by WorldCat Mashathon Seattle attendee Wade Guidry, this mash up combines the NYT Best Sellers API and WorldCat.org links. Highlighted on the New York Times FirstLook blog (February 2010), it uses Yahoo Pipes to let Puget Sound library users find New York Times Best sellers for hardcover nonfiction, paperback nonfiction, and hardcover fiction via RSS feeds.
Developed by: Wade Guidry, Collins Memorial Library at the University of Puget Sound
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Powerhouse Museum
Presented at the OCLC API Mashathon at the VALA2010 conference in Melbourne, Australia, the Powerhouse Museum uses WorldCat Identities to show additional information about persons associated with objects and archives in their collection.
Developed by: Luke Dearnley, Powerhouse Museum, Australia
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PrimateLit
PrimateLit is a free bibliographic database for primatology that relies on the WorldCat Registry for OpenURL recognition. This OpenURL recognition provides full text access to articles for any institution from any location.
Developed by: Sue Dentinger, University of Wisconsin – Madison
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WebVoyage Tomcat—OCLC Citation in ActionBox
This actionbox/standalone citation feature, built with the WorldCat Search API, is really popular with UCOL first-year students who are new to citing sources. It retrieves a formatted citation for a book or journal in APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA or Turabian formats. The script is flexible to also use xISSN or xISBN if the OCLC number is unavailable. Downloadable code and documentation of changes are available.
Developed by: Tom Pasley, UCOL (Universal College of Learning), New Zealand
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WorldCat Facebook App
A Facebook app (complete with book covers!) that helps users find interesting items in a library nearby—without ever having to leave the Facebook environment. It also shows you your friends favorite lists, and give suggestions for “something to read” based on your listed profile interests.
Developed by: Bruce Washburn, OCLC Research
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WorldCat in Windows 7
Created during the WorldCat Mashathon 2009 in Seattle, this app adds WorldCat-formatted citations and links to the Windows 7 environment, along with book covers. Geolocation mapping functionality is next, so users can find their local library through a Silverlight-based mashup with Bing maps.
Developed by: Alex Wade and Savas Parastatidis, Microsoft
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WorldCat WordPress Widget
A widget for WordPress that searches WorldCat and returns bibliographic data via the WorldCat Search API and then recombines it with book covers from Amazon, links to previews (when available) in Google Books and reviews from LibraryThing. It displays results in the sidebar of WordPress.
Developed by: Karen Coombs, Library Web Chic, University of Houston Libraries
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WorldCat World Tour
Created at the May 2009 WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam, WorldCat World Tour is an app that finds artists’ albums through the WorldCat Search API and uses a UK-based streaming music service to play the musical tracks online.
Developed by: Julian Cheal, UKOLN
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Reusing modules (Python, Perl, Ruby, etc.)
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EZproxy Wondertool
UBC Library EZproxy Wondertool is a LAMP application to easily manage configuration of OCLC’s EZproxy with a GUI. It also allows for importing proxy rules from ExLibris SFX. Download the code to simplify the EZproxy configuration file management process.
Developed by: Rod McFarland and Paul Joseph, UBC
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Ruby Gem Component
This app provides the rudimentary components for Ruby to make it easier to process OCLC-provided data. Essentially, these are a handful of convenience functions that make it much easier to call and utilize the data available through the WorldCat Search API.
Developed by: Terry Reese, Oregon State University
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SRU Query by Institution and Subject
Created during the WorldCat Mashathon 2009 in Seattle, this SRU Query creates new subject-based lists using Yahoo Pipes. You can search by institution, subject heading, and date, and the Pipe will create a request link. Note that the pipe doesn't handle values returned as arrays properly yet (e.g. if there are multiple OCLC numbers or titles in a record), but it still might be useful as a point of departure for others.
Developed by: Kyle Banerjee, Orbis Cascade Alliance
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Using Amazon Subject Lists to Connect to Library Resources
This app, created during the WorldCat Mashathon 2009 in Seattle, uses the mainstream appeal and popularity of Amazon list feeds (bestsellers, new releases) and mashes them with ISBN numbers in WorldCat, so that the user will go to the library’s copy of the item. In this case, the pipe was specific for WSU’s WorldCat Local implementation.
Developed by: Al Cornish, Washington State University Libraries
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WorldCat Python Module
An open source module for the Python programming language that interacts with the WorldCat Search API and the xISBN/xLCCN/xOCLCNUM/xISSN web services. Developers can build working prototypes rapidly using the bibliographic, holdings and citation information available in WorldCat records. Sample applications, such as Google Maps, interface for displaying holdings information and a subject-based book recommender are included.
Developed by: Mark A. Matienzo, Digital Experience Group, The New York Public Library
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Partner sites
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EasyBib
EasyBib offers a simple, easy and free way for students to create bibliographies and get citations, automatically. When a user searches for a book, EasyBib uses the WorldCat Search API to search by book title, keyword or ISBN. It then gives the user the chance to find out more about this source and find the item in a local library by linking to WorldCat.org results.
Developed by: Neal Taparia, ImagineEasy Solutions
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ERIC
ERIC provides Find in a Library links in records that contain an ISSN or ISBN. ERIC users navigate either to their institution’s holdings or to WorldCat.org for a list of the nearest libraries holding the resource.
Developed by: Jane Atwell, ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
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RefWorks
Through the OpenURL Gateway in the WorldCat Registry, RefShare “owners” can change the OpenURL link in their shared folder to point to their up-to-date WorldCat Registry information. This means that RefShare viewers, from any WorldCat-registered university, can now be directed to their full-text access. Before the OpenURL Gateway, users from outside the instiutions could not be redirected.
Developed by: Colleen Stempien, RefWorks
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Zotero
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself. Zotero uses the WorldCat Registry's OpenURL Gateway as its default resolver. In many cases, it connects automatically to the resource on your campus.
Developed by: Trevor Owens, Center for History and New Media
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