Librarything for Libraries might be of interest
http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries
Trevor Reynolds, Registrar
English Heritage, 37 Tanner Row, York, YO1 6WP
+44 (0) 1904 601905
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From: Museums Computer Group [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Birchall, Danny [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 August 2013 10:42
To: REYNOLDS, Trevor
Subject: Visualising bibliographic data in a fun kind of way
Hi
I'm on the hunt for products/tools/toolsets that might help me visualise bibliographic data in a fun-rather-than-academic kind of way, creating different ways to browse and investigate a list of between 200-2,000 individual book titles.
In my dreams I'd like something that could use a list of ISBNs to pull back a set of cover thumbnails which could then be thrown onto a map by place of publication, a timeline by year of publication, or even arranged by colour of the cover (I can dream).
It looks like the Google Books api can do pull back some of that kind of data, but it also seems heavily biased towards directing people to previews of the books (not necessarily something I'd want to do)
Any help by way of examples of things like this, APIs that might make this doable, telling me I'm mad etc, much appreciated.
Thanks
Danny
Danny Birchall
Web Editor, Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Trust
Gibbs Building
215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK
Tele: +44 (0) 207 611 8894
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www.wellcomecollection.org
www.twitter.com/explorewellcome
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