Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
> Perry outlines something I advocate too. While the records are not
> robust, a library could:
>
> 1. Download the MBooks metadata
> 2. Loop through each record extracting a key, say an OCLC number
I believe the OCLC numbers have been stripped from these records,
perhaps to prevent just such a scenario. No?
Jonathan
> 3. Look-up the key in your local catalog (via Z39.50)
> 4. If found, then download the local catalog record, update it
> with the 856 field of MBook record, and restore it.
> 5. Go to Step #2 until done.
> 6. Repeat on a regular basis
>
> --
> Eric "I Can Write That Script In 150 Lines" Morgan
>
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Jonathan Rochkind
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Johns Hopkins University
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Received on Wed May 28 2008 - 09:59:54 EDT