DevConnect Webinars
In DevConnect webinars, you’ll learn about OCLC APIs and other technologies, like IIIF and serverless, and build skills that allow you to get more out of OCLC services.
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22 June 2021
DevConnect 2021: Mitigating risk and strengthening security through partnerships
OCLC’s Global Security team will discuss security best practices and provide suggestions for evaluating institution partners and vendors.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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16 June 2021
DevConnect 2021: Optimizing digital resource sharing workflows with OCLC APIs
This session will give an overview of Minitex's resource sharing system and walk through the lifecycle of an interlibrary loan request. It will also highlight how they make use of OCLC APIs within that lifecycle.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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08 June 2021
DevConnect 2021 panel discussion: Women in technology
A panel of OCLC employees discuss technology careers and the challenges that women face.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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03 June 2021
DevConnect 2021 lightning talks: Managing and highlighting collections using APIs
Join Andrew Bullen of the Illinois State Library and Tomasz Kalata of BookOps/New York Public Library to learn how APIs assist in managing their collections.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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25 May 2021
DevConnect 2021: Visually exploring current events patterns in WorldCat records and holdings data
Alexandria Kalika of OCLC will show how machine learning algorithms and data visualizations can showcase some of the data stored in WorldCat records as it relates to current events.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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13 May 2021
DevConnect 2021: Migrating open orders with WMS APIs
This presentation will describe Concordia University Library's project to migrate orders using the Acquisitions and Vendor Information Center APIs.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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06 May 2021
DevConnect 2021: Taking an API-first approach to product development
The OCLC API product team shares how they prioritize APIs in the product development process and why it's better for library innovation.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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08 May 2019
Leveraging Serverless for Voice Uls
In this workshop participants learn how to create an Alexa Skill.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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03 April 2019
Serverless in Practice
This workshop is a follow-up to the "Introduction to Serverless Technologies" workshop.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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20 March 2019
Introduction to Serverless Technologies
This workshop reviews the basic concepts of serverless, the major providers in the serverless space, related technologies, and relevant languages and frameworks.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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