<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Extending Alma Functionality through the Alma API's</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Joe</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Ferguson</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>In this presentation I plan to demonstrate how the University of Tennessee Libraries has used the Alma API’s to extend the reach of Alma for integration with other campus systems, integration with customized in-house systems, item data clean-up, and patron data clean-up. We will start with a basic introduction to API’s and how they are used, then show the Ex Libris Developers Network, and then specific cases where we have used Alma API’s.</mods:abstract><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">2016-05-05</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Conference or Workshop Item</mods:genre></mods:mods>