DevConnect Agenda

Virtual community series
Starting April 2025

Thursday, April 18, 2024

The British Library holds hundreds of thousands of catalogue cards with no equivalent in our digital catalogue. This talk will cover our efforts to reduce cataloguer workload by using the Metadata API to check for existing records matching works described on the cards. During the talk, Harry will explain: The motivation for the project and an overview of the workflow used to generate records from the cards (mainly in our Chinese collection) Our initial efforts to use Z39.50 to query OCLC WorldCat for titles and authors on catalogue cards How we moved to using the Metadata API and the benefits and challenges that brought A brief description of the app we’ve developed to help cataloguers to choose between search results for each card Future development, including how we can use this process for cards with works in less well represented languages than Mandarin Catalogue Twice: Shame on Me - Using the WorldCat Metadata API to help derive MARC records Date: 18 April 2024 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (UTC -4) Register now Featuring: Harry Lloyd, Research Software Engineer, British Library This virtual event will be recorded and posted in the OCLC APIs Community. All registrants will be sent a link to the recording after the event.

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Following the release of version 2.0 of the WorldCat Metadata API, BookOps has released an expanded version 1.0 of the bookops-worldcat Python library. bookops-worldcat is an API wrapper that simplifies the process of interacting with the WorldCat Metadata API, enabling users to search bib records, set holdings, retrieve classification recommendations, and complete other tasks in WorldCat with just a few lines of code. This 45 minute presentation will include an overview of recent changes and additions to the wrapper as well as a tutorial highlighting the new functionality. Highlights from the new version of Bookops-WorldCat include expanded coverage for all Metadata API endpoints and improved handling of errors and timeouts. Attendees will learn how to use Bookops-WorldCat to authorize a web service session and send requests to the Metadata API. The tutorial will be suitable for beginners and anyone interested in learning more about the tool. What's new in Bookops-WorldCat Date: 9 May 2024 Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (UTC -4) Register now Featuring: Charlotte Kostelic, Metadata Manager, BookOps, New York Public Library