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# Library lookup and XISBN
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/library-lookup-and-xisbn/
- Published: 2003-11-14T22:05:29.000Z
- Updated: 2003-11-14T22:05:29.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Institutions, #MPOW, Systems

Nice note on Jon Udell’s blog about XISBN:

> It actually sort of works, which says a lot for the flexibility of Web and XML technologies. But the big news here is OCLC’s decision to expose its grouping algorithm as a public XML Web service. I hope this signals the beginning of a closer relationship between WorldCat and the Web. It would be great if library OPACs could do these one-to-many lookups for themselves. \[[Jon’s Radio](https://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]