OCLC Developer Network Blog

Enhancements for OCLC Web services set for 20 May 2012

alicesneary — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:23:32 +0000

The planned install this weekend has a number of enhancements designed to make your life better, as a developer. Of course, I say this with a caveat because it still feels like step 2 of 132 that we have envisioned for having all the services look, act and smell the way we want them to. But, “walk before you run” is what we keep telling ourselves.

What you need to know:

Principle to Principal

Small but important change for all WorldShare (WMS) APIs except NCIP:

OCLC control number expansion in 2013

alicesneary — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:23:05 +0000

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:

VIAF transitions from prototype to OCLC service

alicesneary — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:21:20 +0000

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,

There's an App for That! at ER&L right now

alicesneary — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:39:23 +0000

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:

Check out presentations and information from our panel at CIL!

librarywebchic — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:55:18 +0000

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.

EZproxy hosted service Webinar tomorrow!

alicesneary — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:54:58 +0000

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)

EZproxy hosted service Webinar tomorrow!

alicesneary — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:54:51 +0000

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

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

Heading to CIL this week? Join us!

alicesneary — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:05:56 +0000

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

With New Growth comes New Opportunities

librarywebchic — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:15:49 +0000

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.

TAI CHI Webinar tomorrow on SEO for Institutional Repositories

alicesneary — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:02:07 +0000

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:

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