Re: LOC Authority Data

From: Ross Singer <rossfsinger_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:40 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
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 <houghtoa_at_oclc.org> wrote:
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Ross Singer
>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 7:45 PM
>> To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> 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.
>
Received on Tue Sep 30 2008 - 13:47:22 EDT