I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
Josh Welker -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] wrote: >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, and I am >wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. Does anyone >know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of LOC Subject >Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter. Any format >will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I have spent a while >Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of general-purpose thing >that a lot of people would be interested in. I feel like I must be missing >something. Any help is appreciated. Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 bryan.bal...@quality-books.com eij...@cpan.org http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
