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Catalog Availability Web Service

Submitted by Richard Wallis on Mon, 2006-10-02 10:31.

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The Catalog Availability Service returns current item availability information for a given ISBN in the NCSU Libraries catalog. If the ISBN is unknown, or is not currently available for checkout or use, the service uses OCLC's xISBN service to look for a related catalog item that is currently available.

This service is designed to be consumed by global catalogs such as WorldCat.org, as a catalog localization service to help NC State users locate available copies of library resources of interest.



Source: Tito Sierra and Emily Lynema, NCSU Libraries

Contact: tito_sierra@ncsu.edu
URL: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/ws/oclc/
Catagory: Web Service
Services Used: NCSU Availability Web Service, exISBN (OCLC)
Open Source: No
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