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Do you have an OCLC number in your records? If so, you could call it at WorldCat like this: http://worldcat.org/oclc/XXXXXXX scrape the structured linked data on the page, looking for the "Example of Work" link, then follow it to the Work Record: http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1613596711 That then will give you all of the OCLC numbers that we consider are part of that work (under the "WorkExample" tab). I know, not an optimal solution even if you have the OCLC number. But it could work if you do. Roy On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 1:37 PM, William Denton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm looking at how to match print (p) and electronic (e) editions of the > same book in our collection. There is no connection between them in our > system (VuFind in front of Symphony). > > For example, two catalogue entries for two versions of COMPOSING JAPANESE > MUSICAL MODERNITY, entirely separate: > > + https://www.library.yorku.ca/find/Record/3238132 > + https://www.library.yorku.ca/find/Record/3311584 > > I want know they're the same book so I can do more usage and collection > analysis. I've been looking at two ways of doing it with data available > right now: > > 1 a) MARC 020 (ISBN) can list multiple ISBNs. We have e books where the p > editions are listed. > > 1 b) MARC 776 (additional physical form entry) for e books can list a p > ISBN or other control number. If we have that edition, great. If not, need > to go from e -> p-we-don't-have -> p-we-do-have, which I could do with > xISBN. > > 2) OCLC's xISBN. When it reports other editions of the same work, it can > include e versions. > > There is also: > > 3) Vendors supplying data. For example, YBP seems to have all the p and e > editions of books tied together. We could ask. > > I've been looking around but can't find any discussion about making these > connections. Have any of you done it? Know of it being done in code I can > see? Written it up? > > Thanks for any pointers, > > Bill > -- > William Denton ↔ Toronto, Canada ↔ https://www.miskatonic.org/