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
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