Re: Spiderable OPACs

From: MULLEN Allen <Allen.MULLEN_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:59:02 -0700
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Casey Bisson wrote:
"So I need to be able to make a link to ... a canonical bibliographic
record.   Which has to have an identifier. Or some identifiers. And
needs to know its relationship to other bibliographic records (editions,
reprintings)."

WorldCat provides this link (and a simple link at that) as well as an
identifier (OCLC number). Here is an example
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55223693
<http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55223693>   From this page, using the
"Editions" tab provides a list of the 8 editions/reprintings for this
work (sound recordings and otherwise).
 
Allen Mullen, cataloger
Eugene OR Public Library
Received on Tue Apr 24 2007 - 12:01:29 EDT