Thanks everybody!
this is useful for a couple of purposes
1) sometimes we have records that have call numbers, but no subject headings.
this would be useful to provide those.
2) i'm thinking of providing a 'subject heading' label to our shelf browser --
so users see, in addition to the callnumber -- what the call number means.
thanks again!
rick
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Anyone know if the OCLC Terminology Service provides such a mapping? The
> Terminology Service may be free if you are already an OCLC cataloging
> member.
>
> At one point I think I saw an absolutely free open access machine readable
> mapping somewhere, that was made at some point in the past and no longer
> updated... but I cant' remember where I saw that even.
>
>> LC's Classification Web provides a mapping from LC classifications to
>> LC subject headings. There is a manual web interface, used mainly by
>> catalogers, which requires a subscription:
>> http://classificationweb.net/
>>
>> I don't know if it has any kind of API.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Enrico Silterra<[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> is there any way to go from a LC call number,
>>> like DF853 to http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057107
>>> via some sort of api? opensearch?
>>> thanks,
>>> rick
>>>
>>>
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