Competition discussion

The first Mashing up the Library was a great success, but why stop there? Read on for more chances to shape the future and win...

I just finished a new API, thingTitle, that takes ratty titles and guesses them up into ISBNs and the LibraryThing work number. I can think of a few uses, anyway.

http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/08/introducing-thingtitle-api.php

The Ohio-based Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) have announced a competition of their own, and you have until 15 September to submit an entry. The OCLC competition has some similarities to Mashing up the Library, and some unfortunate differences.

Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies & Research at Vanderbilt University, today joined the team judging entries to the Mashing up the Library competition.

Yesterday, Google followed our lead and announced a mashup competition of their own.

LibraryThing has posted details of their new ISBN API.

Jeff Barr, Amazon.com's Web Services Evangelist, today joined the team judging entries to the Mashing up the Library competition. Jeff writes on the Amazon Web Services blog, and is responsible for evangelising around the company's rich web services offering.

Talis is pleased to announce the first competition intended to encourage innovation in the display, use, and reuse of data from and about libraries. The competition is open to all, and includes a first prize of £1,000 for the best entry. Read on for more information, and the respected panel of judges looks forward to reviewing a wide range of innovative entries.