Re: Mutilation of library data

From: Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:19:28 -0400
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
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
Digital Services Software Engineer
The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
410.516.8886
rochkind (at) jhu.edu
Received on Wed May 28 2008 - 09:59:54 EDT