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Purpose and Scope

This effort outlines the actual and potential uses of web services in a library context. As the nature of web services is changing rapidly, this is only a snapshot in time. The intent is to be helpful, not limiting. Web services are seen as an alternative to fully developed application programming interfaces (API) for circumstances in which the additional overhead is not warranted. Many works exist to explain technical features of web service interactions.

The intended audiences are people from both the vendor and user community who seek to understand the role and potential of web services in aspects of library work.