Worldcat Registry

• Search for basic information about institutions and consortia based on a variety of infromation in their WorldCat Registry Profile
• Retrieve detailed information about a single institution or consortium, based on Institution ID or OCLC Symbol
• Retrieve OpenURL resolver information based on Instution ID, OCLC Symbol, or IP address

What you get

• Information about libraries, consortia, archives and museums
• Definitions for institutional identities, services, relationships, contacts and other key data • often shared with partners, vendors and other third parties
• Ability to use and find ientifiers such as WorldCat Registry ID, OCLC symbol, MARC • Organization Code, SAN, NCES, Australian National Union Catalog, New Zealand Library Symbol, International Standard Identifier for Libraries (ISIL)
• Commercial developers please contact the Business Development group for access

Who can use it

Non-commercial Use

Interested in commercial use of this service? Contact us.

Query protocols

REST, SRU

Record formats

• XML
  • SRU Response with basic metadata for each institution
  • Full Registry Record  
• HTML

Base Service URL

http://worldcat.org/webservices/registry