Applications

MindView

hostetls — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:01:48 +0000

MindView is a a mind-mapping tool tailored to suit the needs of students in an academic environment produced by MatchWare. MindView enhances an individual’s ability to visually brainstorm, organize and present ideas. Known for its award-winning Microsoft Office integration (PC Magazine Editor’s Choice), this mind-mapping software lets users be more productive by turning ideas into action faster than ever before.

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MatchWare

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Ulrik Merrild

ReferenceME

alicesneary — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:40:22 +0000

T and Biscuits, based in South London, U.K., created a mobile reference app, ReferenceME, that has been a Top 10 Educational App Download on the iTunes store as well as being voted the App of the Week for IOS and Android by The Guardian.

Written in Java and C++, the app lets students scan book barcodes to discover, cite and create lists for information in e-books, books, chapters, magazines, newspapers, websites, journals, films and more. It also provides quick search access to the world’s library collections through the WorldCat Search API.

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T & Biscuits

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Toby Green

Goodreads

alicesneary — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:23:16 +0000

OCLC and Goodreads, the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations, have teamed up to provide greater visibility on the Web for public libraries. We've been working together since 2007, as Goodreads has referred more than 5 million Web users to WorldCat.org--which in turn refers users to their local library. Goodreads uses the WorldCat Search API to connect their titles to WorldCat.org through the "libraries" link on their site.

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Goodreads

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Patrick Brown

Library Finder

jdshipengrover — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:55:18 +0000

You’re in a strange city and need a nice, clean place to use the Internet and get the latest news. What do you do? Go to a local coffee shop? I said a nice, clean place. How about the library! Library Finder is perfect for you. Library Finder allows you to find libraries near you anywhere in the world.

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OCLC

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JD Shipengrover

WorldCat Deep Search adapter for Primo

alicesneary — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:23:27 +0000

Now you can add WorldCat results to your Primo discovery service from Ex Libris. The WorldCat Deep Search adapter, available on EL Commons, lets you view your search results in WorldCat as a tabbed view. It also provides another option to expand your search to libraries worldwide, if you didn't find the items you're looking for in the local results set.

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Ex Libris

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Ido Peled

Automatic ILL Request Verification

alicesneary — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:10:52 +0000

This application uses C# and the WorldCat Search API to automatically find library locations that hold the requested item. The downloaded request file is processed through the application to find identifying numbers for the requested item, with those numbers sent to the Search API in a Library Locations request. The resulting list of libraries is then sorted by our own internal referral priorities and printed out on the request.

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Minitex

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Paul Swanson

Scannx connector

alicesneary — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:59:35 +0000

Scannx, a leading developer of cloud-based, document capture and document delivery software and services, has developed a software “connector” for scanning from its book scanning systems to OCLC’s Article Exchange document delivery site for completing interlibrary loan requests. Article Exchange is accessible from within WorldCat Resource Sharing and via an ILLiad add-on. Since its release in January 2012, nearly 600 libraries in 16 countries have used the tool, resulting in uploads of more than 20,000 documents each month.

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Scannx

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John C. Dexter

musicloud

alicesneary — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:10:44 +0000

How many times have you loved a song, knew a few lyrics, but didn't know the title or the artist? MusiCLoud matches you to the music by searching on the words you remember, then returns matches to cds, books and more freely available in nearby libraries. This app uses the WorldCat Search API to pull in albums related to the song's lyrics that are available in a nearby library.

The initial idea for this app came from the WorldCat Mashathon Boston in September 2010.

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MIT

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Wendy Bossons

A-Z lists at Norwich University

alicesneary — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:37:08 +0000

Norwich University, based in Northfield, Vermont, created customized A-Z list functionality using the WorldCat knowledge base API. Showcased at the March 2012 Computers in Libraries conference panel, this app uses the data they've supplied to the WorldCat knowledge base, but serves it up in the interface that fits with Norwich's user experience.

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Norwich University

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Elliot Polak

A-Z lists at University of New Brunswick

alicesneary — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:14:24 +0000

The University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and Saint John, Canada, used the WorldCat knowledge base API to create customized A-Z lists for their users. They built their own A-Z lists because it gives them freedom and flexibility to include and interact with data and in ways, (i.e. no left-anchored default search) that are both included and not included in the various OCLC-designed interfaces. "It's a big plus for us," remarked one of UNB's Web Programmer Analysts.

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University of New Brunswick

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Jeff Carter