Re: best way to make MARC files available to anyone

From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:25:46 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Jun 12, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Daniel Lovins <daniel.lovins_at_NYU.EDU> wrote:

> If anyone from HathiTrust is watching this thread, I'd also be curious if
> they're considering bulk record downloads via something other than OAI [1].
> 
> [1] http://www.lib.umich.edu/michigan-digitization-project-oai-harvesting


While the process may not be exactly what you are looking for, it is possible to use the HathiTrust Research Center's services to do bulk downloads (of MARC and data records). [2] In a nutshell process is to:

  1. create an account
  2. create a work set
  3. fill the set with HathiTrust items
  4. use the Marc_Downloader algorithm to obtain metadata
  5. use their Data API to obtain full text [3]

I blogged, very briefly, on this subject. [4]

[2] https://htrc2.pti.indiana.edu/HTRC-UI-Portal2/
[3] http://wiki.htrc.illinois.edu/display/COM/HTRC+Data+API+Users+Guide
[4] http://dh.crc.nd.edu/blog/2013/05/htrc/

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Eric Lease Morgan
University of Notre Dame
Received on Thu Jun 13 2013 - 11:26:14 EDT