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
> mdougla_at_pclink.com
>
> http://www.sanfordberman.org
>
>
>
--
-----------------------------------
Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant
kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://www.kcoyle.net
ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet
fx.: 510-848-3913
mo.: 510-435-8234
------------------------------------
Received on Mon Jun 23 2008 - 10:36:49 EDT