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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 ======================== 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. > >>> > >> > > > > --