This is very nice and we used these. However, they are dumbed down MARC
records. Author names lack dates, for instance. Corporate names may be
cut down so you only "United States" Same for subject headings. Makes
for some interesting issues. It is my understanding that these are
dumbed down in order not to violate OCLC restrictions about passing on
OCLC records. Perhaps I'm wrong about that?
Frances McNamara
University of Chicago
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Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] OCLC to share bib records with Google
You can get MARC records for public domain materials digitized at the
University of Michigan libraries by Google via OAI-PMH. Basic info on
our data provider here:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/o/oai/oai?verb=Identify
Perry Willett
Head, Digital Library Production Service
300 Hatcher North
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1205
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Email: pwillett_at_umich.edu
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>Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:21:37 -0400
>From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_ND.EDU>
>Subject: Re: OCLC to share bib records with Google
>
>>On May 21, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Steven Harris wrote:
>>
>> I still wonder if it means I can add MARC records to my catalog
>> for those Google books that are in the public domain.
>
>
>I hope so, because that is what I would like to see us do.
>
>--
>Eric Lease Morgan
>Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
>Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
>(574) 631-8604
Received on Thu May 22 2008 - 16:41:14 EDT