AMNH API Portal
Team Members: Joseph Spens, Evan Hammer, Jesse Lee, Alex Washburn, Tom Lavenziano, Jonah Blumstein
The problem: Many different data sources with different APIs, and no way to query all of them at the same time
Library Catalog (Sierra)
Digital Special Collections (Omeka)
Descriptions of books & other materials
Digitized photos
Digital Library (DSpace)
AMNH publications like annual reports
Special Collections Archive (ArchiveSpace)
AMNH Library Authorities (xEAC)
Descriptions of materials in collections
Corporate bodies, persons, and families
Portal
Portal
Portal
Portal
Portal
API
API
API
API
API
A demo
Library Catalog (Sierra)
Omeka
ArchiveSpace
xEAC
Our work: Create a single API to query all the data sources
Library Catalog (Sierra)
Digital Special Collections (Omeka)
Descriptions of books & other materials
Digitized photos
Digital Library (DSpace)
AMNH publications like annual reports
Special Collections Archive (ArchiveSpace)
AMNH Library Authorities (xEAC)
Descriptions of materials in collections
Corporate bodies, persons, and families
API
API
API
API
API
Unified API
Portal (response in JSON)
This is just the beginning...
Special Thanks