Thanks for the link, Roy. I hadn't taken the time to look this far into the Grid Services terms of use. One thing stuck out to me, though. What does "Library members that do ***all*** their cataloging with an OCLC subscription" mean? The "all" part is what doesn't make sense to me on first read.

Thanks,

Jenn


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Jenn Riley
Metadata Librarian
Digital Library Program
Indiana University - Bloomington
Wells Library W501
(812) 856-5759
www.dlib.indiana.edu

Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Roy Tennant
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:30 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Authority Data
>
> Actually, "member" is more appropriate, and it is not presently behind
> any
> sort of wall in its current experimental mode, but it could become part
> of
> the WorldCat Grid Services which are free to the folks listed here:
>
> http://worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/SearchAPIWhoCanUse
>
> With other audience groups yet to be determined (could still be free
> for
> some groups/purposes, we don't know yet).
>
> Actually distributing the data is another issue, since in most cases it
> is
> not ours.
> Roy
>
>
> On 9/30/08 9/30/08 € 12:23 PM, "Ross Singer" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > s/customer/"partner"/
> >
> > Also, in the case of what the thread was initially calling for, what
> > would be the legalities of redistributing this data?
> >
> > -Ross.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >> I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume you need to be an OCLC
> >> customer to benefit from this?
> >>
> >> -Ross.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Houghton,Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of
> >>>> Ross Singer
> >>>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 7:45 PM
> >>>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Authority Data
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, I noticed another dump on the IA of Library of Congress
> updates
> >>>> since the initial "Bisson load".
> >>>> http://www.archive.org/details/marc_loc_updates
> >>>>
> >>>> In typical IA fashion, it's incredibly difficult to know what the
> hell
> >>>> this stuff is, though.
> >>>> -Ross.
> >>>
> >>> If you just looking for access to the LCSH authority data, you can
> access it
> >>> through our Terminology Services project.  The data in our SRW
> server was
> >>> updated to the 2008-09-17 weekly update from LC.  The SRW server is
> located
> >>> at the URI:
> >>>
> >>> <http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/>
> >>>
> >>> Looking for access to other authority files:
> >>>
> >>> FAST            <http://tspilot.oclc.org/fast/>
> >>> GSAFD           <http://tspilot.oclc.org/gsafd/>
> >>> MeSH            <http://tspilot.oclc.org/mesh/>
> >>> TGM I           <http://tspilot.oclc.org/lctgm/>
> >>> TGM II  <http://tspilot.oclc.org/gmgpc/>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Andy.
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
> --