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# Dynix and web services
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/dynix-and-web-services/
- Published: 2003-10-26T23:18:32.000Z
- Updated: 2003-10-26T23:18:32.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Institutions, Systems

> We use Web Services with our new Vendor Integration Protocol (VIP), through which acquisitions librarians can check book pricing and availability within a matter of seconds with their book jobber. Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Book Wholesalers, Inc., and Brodart all support the VIP protocol. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Literally any transaction between an acquisitions system and a book jobber, for example, can be performed through Web Services. \[[Library Journal – Dynix Turns 20: A Q&A with President Jack Blount](https://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA325056&display=NewsNews&industry=News&industryid=1986&verticalid=151&publication=libraryjournal&ref=lorcandempsey.net)\] 

> We even see Web Services replacing Z39.50 as the protocol of choice between library portals and online electronic databases. EBSCO recently introduced its Web Services interface to EBSCO*host*. Web Services will form the basis of real-time communications among library systems, portals, and all other systems in the future. \[[Library Journal – Dynix Turns 20: A Q&A with President Jack Blount](https://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA325056&display=NewsNews&industry=News&industryid=1986&verticalid=151&publication=libraryjournal&ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]