I'm so glad this is public. It was a rumor for a while, and I was
killing me not to talk about it. Now that the news is out, all I have
to say is "three cheers for Simon!"
Now, let's get the LC Marc records open too.
tim
On 2/12/07, Simon Spero <ses_at_unc.edu> wrote:
>
> On Feb 12, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
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> To implement the kind of interfaces we are imagining, we _need_ an
> affordable source of _machine readable/processable_ 'authority' data,
> including the information actually found in LC authority records, as
> Reposting from the headings list:
>
>
> I just wanted to let people know that the LCSH* are available for download
> in MarcXML format at
> http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/authorities/ .
>
> The data are public domain within the United States, but may be copyrighted
> in other countries; please check with LC if this may affect you.
>
> The asterisk is present due to certain problems identified during validation
> checks; the data were downloaded during the first weeks of december from
> authorities.loc.gov, and reflect certain differences between that site and
> the, authoritative authorities (that sounds so odd:).
>
> The differences are very minor, and affect only a tiny number of records;
> however, until they are brought fully in to alignment they should not be
> used without verification for submission to co-operative cataloging
> programs or other in other situations where zero defects are essential.
>
> See the README file at
> http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/readme.pdf for more
> information.
>
> The Fred 2.0 project is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Fredrick G.
> Kilgour, 1914-2006.
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Received on Mon Feb 12 2007 - 14:01:57 EST