On Dec 22, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Karen Coyle wrote:
> Here are two links that will get you to a bunch of ONIX data...
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/onix_harpercollins
> http://www.archive.org/details/onix_thomasnelson
> ...
>
> The ONIX data has fields like author bio, cover image, back cover
> blurbs, etc., that are good for enhanced catalogs. The author names do
> not follow LCNA but I think they match up fairly well. I would tend to
> see ONIX as supplementary to library cataloging, not a replacement for
> it.
Based on the data downloadable from the links listed above, Karen, I concur with you. There is quite a bit of narrative and value-added information to be had in those ONIX records. It is very clean to boot -- very easy to read, extract, and mix with other content. Thank you for bringing them to our attention.
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Eric Lease Morgan
Received on Mon Dec 27 2010 - 19:13:10 EST