Re: [CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS

2006-05-25 Thread Houghton,Andrew
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bigwood, David > Sent: 25 May, 2006 11:04 > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS > > Joshua, > > There is a small set you can get for testing. > http://tinyurl.com/37ufz The MARC

Re: [CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS

2006-05-25 Thread Edward Corrado
Thanks Mike, I think what you are working on in the Fall is what we would need for this class. So, unfortunately the timing doesn't work. That said, I will keep it in mind if she wants to do this in her class again in the future. Keep up the good work with Evergreen! Edward Mike Rylander said t

Re: [CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS

2006-05-25 Thread Edward Corrado
Thanks for the information Joshua. I'll look into Koha for this and see if it meets the needs. I think the person teaching the class wants the students to create authorities, so I'm not so sure that a good base of authority records is needed. Edward Joshua Ferraro said the following on 5/25/2006

Re: [CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS

2006-05-25 Thread Young,Jeff (OR)
Ed, Could you make a distributed solution work? We have a search service available at http://alcme.oclc.org/eprintsUK/index.html. (Currently, it only includes LC name authorities only.) Perhaps we could add COinS of some sort to allow you to link back into your system. Jeff > On 5/25/06, Edward

Re: [CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS

2006-05-25 Thread Bigwood, David
Joshua, There is a small set you can get for testing. http://tinyurl.com/37ufz The MARC 21 Authority Records for GSAFD Genre Terms are freely available. Sincerely, David Bigwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lunar & Planetary Institute http://www.lpi.usra.edu/library/whats_new.shtml -Original Message--

Re: [CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS

2006-05-25 Thread Joshua Ferraro
Hi Ed, Koha (http://koha.org) uses MARC authority records. You can demo the authority headings search on LibLime's OPAC demo: http://opac.liblime.com What we're lacking is a really good MARC21 Authorities Records (the example you see above was generated from the data in that database rather than

Re: [CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS

2006-05-25 Thread Mike Rylander
On 5/25/06, Edward Corrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello All, I have been asked to set up an Open Source ILS for someone who is teaching a cataloging class this summer. One of the things she was hoping to be able to do with it is have students work with MARC Authority records. I can't find an

[CODE4LIB] Authority records and the OSS ILS

2006-05-25 Thread Edward Corrado
Hello All, I have been asked to set up an Open Source ILS for someone who is teaching a cataloging class this summer. One of the things she was hoping to be able to do with it is have students work with MARC Authority records. I can't find any evidence that any of the currently available [1] Open