CatalogWS Applications
Applications using the CatalogWS API.
Overview
These applications use the CatalogWS Web API to query the North Carolina State University Libraries Catalog and display the returned data in a variety of formats.
- New Books RSS — New titles for your catalog search via RSS
- Catalog Results QS Module — Integrated catalog results in Library Quick Search
- MobiLIB catalog — Search the catalog on your mobile device
- New Books Bookwall (eboard) — Book cover visualization of new library books
- New Faculty Books (web, eboard) — Books authored by NC State Faculty
- FacetBrowser — An advanced faceted browsing interface to the catalog
- Catalog Google Gadget — Search the catalog within your iGoogle page
- OpenSearch interface (xml) — Catalog results via OpenSearch
How We Did It
These applications are built on the locally developed CatalogWS platform. These applications serve a variety of functions including special purpose catalog interfaces and self-updating resource lists.
Recognition
- Sierra, T., and Ryan, J. (2008). "CatalogWS: Library Catalog as Versatile Discovery Platform",CRADLE Brownbag Series, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 21, 2008.
- Sierra, T., Ryan, J., and Wust, M. (2007). "Beyond OPAC 2.0: Library Catalog as Versatile Discovery Platform", The Code4Lib Journal, Issue 1.
- Sierra, T., Lynema, E., and Wust, M. (2007). "Library Catalog as Versatile Discovery Platform",Digital Library Federation Fall Forum 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 6, 2007.
Team
Markus WustFormer Digital Research and Scholarship Librarian