Comments on: WorldCat Wordpress Widget http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress Resources for librarians who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:46:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Karen http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/218/worldcat-wordpress-widget/#comment-62690 Karen Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:04:42 +0000 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/?page_id=752#comment-62690 Thom, I just started thinking about this and will read the post. Look for a upcoming post where I talk about WorldCat Identities as one of the things that OCLC is doing that is of interest to me. Karen Thom,

I just started thinking about this and will read the post. Look for a upcoming post where I talk about WorldCat Identities as one of the things that OCLC is doing that is of interest to me.

Karen

]]> By: Thom Hickey http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/218/worldcat-wordpress-widget/#comment-62688 Thom Hickey Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:54:01 +0000 http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/?page_id=752#comment-62688 Very nice presentation. Have looked at WorldCat Identities at all? Since you should have OCLC#'s, you could access WorldCat Identities via an OpenURL and display information about the author gleaned from WorldCat and VIAF (including Wikipedia links for many authors). There's a short explanation of this at http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2007/11/worldcatorg-and.html and http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2007/11/links-to-worldc.html. Obviously the documentation is a bit thin right now, but we'd be glad to answer questions. --Th Very nice presentation. Have looked at WorldCat Identities at all? Since you should have OCLC#’s, you could access WorldCat Identities via an OpenURL and display information about the author gleaned from WorldCat and VIAF (including Wikipedia links for many authors). There’s a short explanation of this at
http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2007/11/worldcatorg-and.html and http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2007/11/links-to-worldc.html.
Obviously the documentation is a bit thin right now, but we’d be glad to answer questions.

–Th

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