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Integrating EDS to your set-up: APIs and much more

Quick Introduction and House Keeping

What is an API?

(in full application programming interface)API: sets of standardized requests that allow different computer programs to communicate with each other.APIs establish the proper way for a developer to request services from a program.

allow different computer programs to communicate with each other

EBSCO Discovery Service API

API Console

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API Profile

API Profiles can be different from your main EDS profile, just like any other profile!

EDS Profile

This also goes for linking!

EDS Profile

API Profile

And all other settings?

We have an App for that!

KOHA & Vufind

VuFind

VuFind

VuFind

Koha

Koha – Catalogue and Discovery Record

With Curriculum Builder, instructors stay within their course

Curriculum Builder

Search box

The EDS Reading List Tool

Very quick to set up a new list

Search, find, click “Add to Reading List”

Results page after clicking ‘Add to Reading List’

Faculty can edit / sort annotations; add web links on this screen

With Curriculum Builder for EDS, instructors can also:

• Add links to non-library materials

• Sort their reading lists

• Annotate readings

• Import from their own or other instructors’ existing reading lists

Curriculum Builder

Student view of the list

Student view of an item

Full Text View

• Discovery Service Engineers+User Research =rapid prototyping

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LaunchPad – Live Demo

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LaunchPad – Email

Thank you!