Okay thanks, good enough!

Jonathan

Chuck Costakos wrote:
> Jonathan,
>
> The direct linking to ISSN has been changed already so that it links only to
> the record for that serial, not to the articles from that serial. So the
> easiest way is to link directly using the ISSN, either with the hyphen
> (http://worldcat.org/issn/0025-3154) or without
> (http://worldcat.org/issn/00253154). This will take you directly to the
> record for that serial, the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of
> the United Kingdom in this case. You can add the location parameter
> &loc=[postal code or state or province or country].
>
> For a search, the location parameter is ignored because it is not a search
> index or limiter field. It only works on a direct link by ISSN, ISBN, or
> OCLC number.
>
> Best regards,
> Chuck
>
> Chuck Costakos
> OCLC
> Phone: 614-764-6255
> Toll-Free: 800-848-5878 ext 6255 (USA and Canada only)
> Fax: 614-764-0496
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> www.WorldCat.org
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:13:19 -0400, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>> I forget if I already posted this.
>>
>> I'm having trouble making "dt:ser" advice below work in combination with
>> adding "&loc=[zipcode]" on the end. No matter how I do it, it seems to
>> make worldcat complain. Any advice?
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> Roy Tennant wrote:
>>
>>> At the request of Chuck Costakas of the Open WorldCat team, I'm getting back
>>> to you all on Jonathan's good question about how an ISSN link is handled. At
>>> the moment, I think we're in agreement that it doesn't work exactly as it
>>> should. That is, we believe a link to an ISSN should be treated differently
>>> than a search of that ISSN:
>>>
>>>  - If you travel the _link_ to http://worldcat.org/issn/00253154 you should
>>> see only the journal records that match that ISSN.
>>>  - If you _search_ the ISSN, then you should retrieve all records that have
>>> that ISSN, including individual articles.
>>>
>>> At the moment, you can get just the serial records by limiting to that
>>> record type; for example:
>>>
>>> http://worldcat.org/search?q=issn:0025-3154+dt:ser
>>>
>>> So thanks for pointing that out and we'll see what we can do to make it
>>> function like what is described above. If you want more information, Chuck
>>> is willing to be contacted directly at:
>>>
>>> Chuck Costakos
>>> OCLC
>>> Phone: 614-764-6255
>>> Toll-Free: 800-848-5878 ext 6255 (USA and Canada only)
>>> Fax: 614-764-0496
>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Roy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> ------ Forwarded Message
>>>> From: Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Reply-To: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:10:08 -0400
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] weird worldcat results?
>>>>
>>>> So if I actually want "the periodical with this ISSN assigned", and
>>>>
>>>>
>>> not
>>>
>>>
>>>> "a record that happens to exist for a article in this periodical"...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> is
>>>
>>>
>>>> there anything I can do?
>>>>
>>>> Would that ISSN assigned to a record that's really for an article not
>>>> for a title be considered bad data? Are you supposed to have an ISSN
>>>>
>>>>
>>> on
>>>
>>>
>>>> such a record?
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
>>>> Nicole Engard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Here's my guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> That ISSN is attached to several records:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=0025-3154&=Search&qt=owc_search
>>>>>
>>>>> So it just picked one since that's all it can show.  If you see the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> search
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> results the first result is the journal itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> It all depends on how the catalogers enter the data into OCLC in the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> first
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> place ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Nicole
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/4/07, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Check this one out:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.worldcat.org/issn/00253154
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why is it returning a specific article as the result, instead of the
>>>>>> record for the entire journal with issn 0025-3154?  Does that URL
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> not
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> mean what I think it means? The record for the journal title is
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> there
>>>
>>>
>>>> in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Worldcat, as you can see by clicking on the journal title hyperlink.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wonder if this is location (zip code) dependent, and nobody else
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>> is
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> even going to see this but me. But for me, that URL does not return
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> journal title, but instead returns the record for one particular
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> article
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> that happens to be in the journal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jonathan Rochkind
>>>>>> Digital Services Software Engineer
>>>>>> The Sheridan Libraries
>>>>>> Johns Hopkins University
>>>>>> 410.516.8886
>>>>>> rochkind (at) jhu.edu
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Rochkind
>>>> Digital Services Software Engineer
>>>> The Sheridan Libraries
>>>> Johns Hopkins University
>>>> 410.516.8886
>>>> rochkind (at) jhu.edu
>>>>
>>>> ------ End of Forwarded Message
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> NEW FEATURES:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Query:
>>>> OCLC Number:        1756690
>>>> Title:              Journal of the Marine Biological Association of
>>>>
>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>
>>>> United Kingdom.
>>>> ISBN:
>>>> ISSN:               0025-3154
>>>> Author:             Marine Biological Association of the United
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Kingdom.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------ End of Forwarded Message
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Rochkind
>> Digital Services Software Engineer
>> The Sheridan Libraries
>> Johns Hopkins University
>> 410.516.8886
>> rochkind (at) jhu.edu
>>
>
>

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Jonathan Rochkind
Digital Services Software Engineer
The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
410.516.8886
rochkind (at) jhu.edu