We use some BL records in our catalogue. I e-mailed them explaining our interest and proposed use and they signed us up for the MARC21 service. It is my understanding that they don't want someone skimming their data and reselling it. Nor do they want bulk Z39.50 queries. But as we were not planning to do either, they gave us access. It doesn't hurt to contact them and ask about your particular situation, I found them helpful. We also use Oxford's server, especially for some of the older stuff in our collection. On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Bob Ewart <bob-ewart@bobsown.com> wrote:
On 03/09/2011 04:42 AM, MJ Ray wrote:
Bob Ewart wrote:
The British Library server mentioned below (Z3950cat.bl.uk) returns SUTRS syntax not MARC.
Some libraries can register for an account which can get MARC21, but it has an anti-social non-commercial restriction which has implications if you ever want to share your records. http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/data.html
BL is making some data available as Open Bibliographic Data (which we endorse http://openbiblio.net/principles/endorse/ ) so hopefully that will change in the future.
Hope that informs,
Thank you.
Their non-sharing restriction probably means that setting up a Z3950 server would be out.
I'm wondering about the MARC display available under OPAC. I'm guessing that would probably not get them too upset.
I've found most of our books from AMICUS or the Library of Congress. Occasionally I've had to go to the Oxford library.
AMICUS (amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca, port 210, database ANY) does require registration. A lot of British books are in their database. Go to http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus-bin/self_register?l=0 to register.
-- Bob
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