VALA Bootcamp: OCLC API Mashathon

Date/Time:

• 02/08/2010 - 3:00pm - 11:30pm

9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Join fellow coders for a one-day OCLC API Mashathon at the VALA Conference. Sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network and VALA, the OCLC API Mashathon gives participants the opportunity to learn about OCLC Web Services and how they are being used to improve local services.

Photos of the Mashathon at VALA2010 from Don Hamparian and Bruce Washburn

• It’s a chance for anyone interested in structured data to get their hands on the WorldCat Search API.
• Participants both inside and outside the library industry are encouraged to participate.
• Gain development access to over 165 million bibliographic records from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
• Integrate these resources with many others to create innovative new services.
• Share your creative vision and be a part of the next wave of online library development.

Roy Tennant of OCLC Research and longtime Code4Lib participant will kick off the session. Don Hamparian and Bruce Washburn who have created and manage these services will also be presenting.

Web Services provided for the Mashathon by OCLC include the following:

• WorldCat Search API
• xISBN, xISSN, xOCLCNUM
• WorldCat Identities
• Registries including institution, reviews, citations (lists), tagging
• Terminologies
• Metadata Crosswalk

(See the Services section for more information.)

Bring your laptop, your ideas and your curiosity, and we’ll supply a t-shirt and a good time.

Schedule

09:00 - 10:00  Introductions, Agenda, Web Services tour
10:00 - 10:30  xID Services
10:30 - 11:00  Break
11:00 - 11:30  WorldCat Basic API
11:30 - 12:00  WorldCat Search API
12:00 - 13:00  Walkthrough sample code, etc.
13:00 - 14:00  Lunch
14:00 - 15:30  WorldCat Registry, WorldCat Identities, Terminologies Service, Dewey Linked Data
15:30 - 16:00  Break
16:00 - 17:00  Demos
17:00 - 17:30  Final questions, wrap-up, evaluations

Evening - optional no-host dinner groups

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