NC State Univ. Libraries is also beginning work on implementing
ReservesDirect. I think we hope for a trial with a few courses this
summer, and implementation for fall.
-emily lynema
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Date:Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:02:48 -0500
From:Ranti Junus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tim,
It sounds like you want to be able to search on standard identifiers and
are frustrated that the Internet Archive's access doesn't allow it
(although it looks like they do have an ISBN search)? And I'm curious,
why would you want or need to pull down only records that have OCLC
numbers of
On Mar 7, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Emily Lynema wrote:
Also, there was discussion about building an Open Library API (to
enable
some cool integration with wikipedia), and I suggested a that
libraries
using an API would want the search results to include information
about
whether the title has a
I see a whole lot of not invented here syndrome from IA, honestly.
They seem to want to re-invent everything themselves, rather than try to
use existing conventions. Even if they come up with something slightly
better than SRU, is it worth the pain to developers who would like to
implement
I want to be able to pull all the
records that have oclc numbers, issns, isbns, etc. I want it to be
lightweight, fast, searchable.
Would anyone else want/use such a thing?...
I like the idea, but in the long term, I just don't know how useful
this will be. By and large, these
Kyle Banerjee wrote:
I like the idea, but in the long term, I just don't know how useful
this will be. By and large, these identifiers are designed for dead
tree resources.
Only time will tell, but it's what we've got now, and I don't see our
existing legacy records going away. So we will
Kyle Banerjee wrote:
I want to be able to pull all the
records that have oclc numbers, issns, isbns, etc. I want it to be
lightweight, fast, searchable.
Would anyone else want/use such a thing?...
I like the idea, but in the long term, I just don't know how useful
this will be. By
Nope. ISBN was created in 1966. LCCNs exist for many resources
published before 1966. Even after 1966, not every single item that may
have been cataloged by the Library of Congress was neccesarily assigned
an ISBN by it's publisher
All true. What I meant was that _if_ an isbn exists
Library Associates Companies (LAC) is seeking a Metadata Librarian for a
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This position calls for a candidate with serials management experience
to
