Are there any rights issues? If not, it would be good to make the raw 
files available, say by putting them up at the Internet Archive.

kc

md wrote:
> I have the raw data files of the former Hennepin County Library 
> catalog and authority files.   
>
> This is the innovative, unique catalog created
> by Sandy Berman. 1970s-2002.
>
> I would like to import the data into a MYSQL database.  I assume
> this can be done with Perl, but don't know if an existing parser
> would work or if a custom program would be needed.
>
> I have no programming skills.   There must be someone...
> here who knows and values Berman's work and is ready, 
> willing and able to devote their knowledge
> and skills to making it accessible once again.
>
> Please contact me with questions on or off list.
>
> Thank You!
>
> Madeline Douglass
> [log in to unmask]
>
> http://www.sanfordberman.org 
>
>
>   


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