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A: Ah, so you have heard of the prior version. Excellent! The first version was created by the Harvard Library Innovation Lab. The new version, by by Harvard Library Technology Services, builds on that work, and adds a workflow engine to automate its processes. The new version is designed to be more scalable and maintainable. The original version, now renamed lilCloud, serves as a prototyping engine for the new version.
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A: None, except that both are platforms that provide access to library metadata. LibraryCloud could eventually become a way Harvard shares data with the DPLA. And we are fans of the DPLA. There are some informal connections, however. The project lead for LibraryCloud (Jeffrey Licht of Pod Consulting) was also the leader of the DPLA's platform development team. Further, †the group that created the first version of LibraryCloud lilCloud also created the first version of the DPLA’s platform.
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A: StackLife is a visual library browser developed by the Harvard Library Innovation Lab. It uses the original LibraryCloud lilCloud API. At some point, we might switch it to the new LibraryCloud API.
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A: The bib data is already available for for bulk download, thanks to Harvard’s Open Metadata policy that put all but a tiny percentage of those records into the public domain.
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