Service mashup
From LIS 415 - Candy's Section
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Scope
Libraries that combine their own and other (commercial or not) services to add value to the user experience.
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Directories and tools used by many libraries
- Library Elf, http://libraryelf.com/
- Library Elf is a service that allows you to track your library cards. Once you register, you can add your library card info (if your library is supported) and use Library Elf to check activity on your account. You can configure it to send you reminders of due dates/overdue items by email or RSS, and you can get also get notification of holds by text message. You can register multiple cards, which is handy for people (like me) who use several libraries. --Wilson4 15:47, 2 February 2007 (EST)
- The LibraryLookup Project, http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html
- I'm not sure which section this belongs in as it is a kind of mashup but in reverse: you can download a bookmarklet to your browser that will take the ISBN from any record you find on a commecial bookselling page (Amazon, B&N) and will then automatically search your local library catalog and show the result in a new window---all with one click! --Drummond 22:15, 27 November 2006 (EST)
- LibraryThing for Libraries, http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2007/04/sneak-peek-librarything-for-libraries_09.php
- A series of widgets that lets libraries enahce their OPACs with LT-based book recommendations, tags, ratings, reviews and so on. Simmons uses LT for Libraries. --Dunn5 21:36, 18 April 2007 (EDT)
- LibX, http://libx.org/
- The LibX toolbar (which must be localized) allows users to search local resources quickly, and will also embed links to local resources on search results in Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Scholar, NYT Book Reviews. --Suzuki 19:43, 3 November 2006 (EST)
- Syndetic Solutions, http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/ and TLC (The Library Corporation), http://www.tlcdelivers.com/
- These are catalogue vendors that brings you tables of contents, book jackets, and reviews along with your MARC records. --Schwartz 15:51, 8 June 2008 (EDT)
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