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Introducing our new Community Manager

Lots of things have been cooking here at the Developer Network. We have a bunch of new services either in pilot or in development, and the number of third-party partners who are using the WorldShare Platform to add libraries and library data to their applications continues to grow, too. But most of all, I am happy to report that our team is growing!

Classify Web service down for scheduled maintenance

Classify will be down for scheduled maintenance on Sunday, 21 April 2013 from 2 am-6 am, ET.

Planned downtime for the WorldShare Platform on 3 February 2013

On Sunday, 3 February 2013 there will be a scheduled service downtime for the OCLC WorldShare Platform and all associated OCLC Web services available through the Platform from 2:00 am to 8:00 am ET (-5 GMT).

During the downtime, the WorldShare Platform will receive this quarter’s planned enhancements. Downtime will be minimized as much as possible.

Any questions, please let us know.
 

Downtime for the WorldCat Search and Basic APIs 13 January 2013

On this Sunday, 13 January 2013 there will be a scheduled service downtime for the OCLC WorldCat Search APIs available through the Platform from 2:00 am to 4:00 am ET (-5 GMT).

During the downtime, the WorldCat APIs will receive planned maintenance. Downtime will be minimized as much as possible.

Any questions, please let us know.

EZproxy 5.6.3 now available

Many of you system administrators/developers also are in charge of maintaining the library's EZproxy servers. So we always like to cross-post EZproxy announcements when there's a new release. And one went out today, in fact!

New Web service now available: Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory

We're pleased to announce a brand new Web service now available through the OCLC WorldShare Platform: the Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory.

Innovation in Libraries videos

The videos from Innovation in Libraries are finally ready! And a shout out to all video content producers, because each time we work on large numbers of videos I am reminded how labor-intensive the editing, uploading, description process can be. But hooray! Now even if you weren't able to attend Innovation in Libraries, you can still benefit from the collective wisdom shared at the post-LITA event back in October.

November 2012 enhancements to the WorldShare Platform

It’s been a busy month for the WorldShare Platform team, and we’re excited to let you know about the enhancements now available for two existing WorldShare APIs. There are more enhancements we're working on, so stay tuned for more. Here’s a quick run-down:

New experimental Web service assignFAST automates the manual selection of FAST Subjects

Breaking news from our colleagues at OCLC Research about a new experimental Web service available:

assignFAST: A New Prototype Service for Efficient FAST Subject Assignment using Autosuggest

OCLC Research announces the availability of assignFAST, a new experimental Web service that automates the manual selection of FAST Subjects (the Authorized and Use For headings) based on autosuggest technology.

Planned downtime for the WorldShare Platform on 4 November 2012

On Sunday, 4 November 2012 there will be a scheduled service downtime for the OCLC WorldShare Platform and all associated OCLC Web services available through the Platform from 2:00 am to 8:00 am ET (-5 GMT).

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