[Vanhackspace] VPL circulation opendata?

Graham Mitchell gdmitchell at shaw.ca
Wed Jun 16 14:34:30 PDT 2010


Not sure if this'll give you what you're after, but some info on 
connecting to VPL with Z39.50 that my girlfriend dug up (she's a library 
tech): 
http://www.thirdstreetsoftware.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2837&Main=120 
<http://www.thirdstreetsoftware.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2837&Main=120>

Chris Demwell wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Not very long ago, I made two posts to twitter asking if anyone knew if
> the VPL provides read-only access to real time circulation data via some
> reasonable API, and noting with dismay that http://vpl.ca has no terms
> of service posted.
>
> Today, I got a message from @VPL asking me to email their systems
> librarian. Very exciting! But I don't want to jump in when I'm not
> really rooted in the community, so I'm looking for open data folks to
> talk to.
>
> I'm drafting an email reply, but is anyone here interested in this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> 	Chris
>   


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