Funny you should ask :) I follow a list called CODE4LIB (library
hackers, includes many open library people) and this very subject just
came up: (see "adding VIAF links to Wikipedia"):
https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1106&L=CODE4LIB
https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1105&L=CODE4LIB
There is also an open library bot on en:wp:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/Openlibra…
That's all I know about specifically, but there is a big overlap
between our communities, and collaboration could definitely be
fruitful.
-- phoebe
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)gmail.com> wrote:
So the Open Library, a project by the Internet Archive
that has a structured
wiki page for every book and which also lends books online, has announced
they just got new "Read" API.[1, 2] The announcement describes its as:
"The idea is, you can hit the Read API with an identifier or a series of
identifiers or an array of identifiers, and it will tell whether there is a
readable or borrowable version available through Open Library. As you render
a page in your own bookish website, you can paint links into Open Library
based on the response."
I wonder if there is some use case for this in Wikipedia or other projects?
Perhaps linking references or book articles to Open Library copies? Letting
Wikimedians know when they can borrow reference works for free online? I
figure that identifiers like ISBNs are all over the place in Wikimedia
content.
Not sure, but it's interesting to think about. Their open source online book
reader is also pretty awesome and isn't Flash based.
Steven
1.
http://blog.openlibrary.org/2011/06/03/announcing-a-new-read-api/
2.
http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read
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