Since these are your libraries' records, you can certainly download them
again from OCLC. I've also known libraries in the past that have been
able to have oclc generate a subset of records from their database --
though in these cases, this always has involved a cost to purchase the
records. In terms of how easy it is to do on your own -- if you don't
have OCLC do it, you would likely need a list of all the OCLC numbers
that you are interested in. With that list, you could easily batch
export the data again from Worldcat using Connexion.
--TR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of
> Alberto Accomazzi
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 10:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] getting Worldcat records
>
> Our project maintains a database of bibliographic metadata for all
> things in astronomy and most of physics. We'd like to add records for
> books that have been recently added to our library and to correlate
> existing records with the library holdings. Sounds easy enough, but
> because of the intricacies of Harvard libraries administration we
> haven't been able to get a dump of the records, much less a feed.
>
> The recent emails about OCLC worldcat records made me wonder if we
> could
> get the equivalent data from them (since our library subscribes to
> them). Essentially what I'd like is a dump of all QB and QC records
in
> OCLC entered by Harvard, so we can index them and then point to the
> library record in OCLC. Is this (a) legal, (b) feasible, (c) easy? I
> assume the answer to (a) and (b) is yes, since we have our library's
> support. If not, are there alternatives? I learned about openlibrary
> only yesterday, so I haven't had a chance to explore what's in it
> yet...
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Alberto
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