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 > > > -- ----------------------------------- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [log in to unmask] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------