At 04:27 PM 03/18/2008, Jonathan wrote:
This is something some of us have been wanting for a while too. I don't
know of any API source (I wonder if Bowker's soon-to-be Books In Print
API, which I've been told has cover images, will have that? I'm still
trying to figure out, in communication with Bowker, what their cost
model is going to be for this service).
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory does have many journal cover images, but
doesn't have any API to access them....
Ulrich's does use a predictable URL as the value of the img src
attribute; it returns a cover image when one is available and
nothing when one is not:
<img alt=""
src="http://ulrichsweb2.serialssolutions.com/cgi-bin/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
/>
Example:
<img alt=""
src="http://ulrichsweb2.serialssolutions.com/cgi-bin/url_cover.pl?issn=01612492";
/>
I'm not sure if the links work sans an Ulrich's/SS subscription, nor
what the ethics are of using something like this (subscription or not), but....
Bob Duncan
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Robert E. Duncan
Systems Librarian
Editor of IT Communications
Lafayette College
Easton, PA 18042
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http://www.library.lafayette.edu/
