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== "CALIL.JP" Open Libraries by web-scraping. - Introducing Library API from Japan ==
* Ryuuji Yoshimoto, Nota Inc . Engineer, ryuuji@notaland.com
I am an engineer at Nota Inc. Nota is web, a start-service up companyfor web services. "CALIL" (http://calil.jp/) is a web service for library users in Japan. (Not only for librarians but also for general patrons.)
CALIL allows users search books from multiple libraries nearby, and get realtime holding status. Our service supports over 5,800 libraries.
CALIL supports public, university, and other many special libraries in Japan. The service can search 88% of collections of all public libraries in Japan.
Public libraries in Japan does do not have an unified catalogue like OCLC.Web OPACs in japan Japan are generally very slow and their usability is low.
We develop a comprehensive scraping service over 2000 web OPACs and it supports recognize real-time holding status on them as well.
This service can be used as for substitution of OPACs provided by libraries. It is provides more useful, speedy and open service.
Our scraping platform also provides API for free.
Any developer can access realtime holding status at almost all the libraries in Japan by one API.
Since launched the launch in 2010, many apps on iPhone, and Android apps are developed by many third party developers.
And it allows many web service connect to library (book shelf, review etc).