Andrew Houghton, kindly explain: 1. LC names/subjects authority files, current with 2008-09-17, are available on your SRW server http://tspilot.oclc.org/lcsh/ for us (a consortium) to harvest and load on our server for our consortial authority maintenance? 2. Weekly updates to these files to these name/subject files are also available on that SRW server? -- Yašaqov On 9/30/08 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.