OCLC DEVCONNECT Developer Conference 2017

Using OCLC web services and Google Sheets, Westfield State University streamlined large and tedious portions of the selection and acquisitions workflows. In this presentation, we will look at this development process from front to back. Exploring the WMS Acquisitions API and some of the Python-based tooling we built around it, we will discuss strategies for building effective tools on top of OCLC services and working with OCLC APIs in a flexible way. Additionally, we will look at the triumphs and tragedies of deploying these tools and integrating them with services such as Google Sheets, Redis Queues, and SendGrid for a more robust system. By the end, we will have a better understanding of how even solo-developer libraries can use OCLC APIs to take some of the hassle out of workflows.