The OCLC Crosswalk Web Service translates metadata from one format to another and will process up to 500 records from all requests per user, per day.
With the aid of the WSDL file, users can develop a client to access the service, which is available on the
OCLC ResearchWorks Web page (for an undecided duration). The service was developed to handle the interoperability needs of the greater library community.
Increase the number of links coming into your library catalog! The WorldCat Search API gives your developers access to WorldCat bibliographic records and holdings information, as well as the FRBR concepts that pull together various editions of the same work
With the WorldCat API you can:
- Query the WorldCat database, containing more than 100 million bibliographic records contributed by librarians and other information professionals at thousands of WorldCat member libraries worldwide; and
- retrieve a geographically sorted list of WorldCat libraries that own a specific item. Each library listing includes the institution name, location and the URL of the library's Web catalog record for that item.
Free access to the WorldCat API is available to all OCLC governing member libraries—institutions that contribute all current cataloging and holdings to WorldCat—plus CBS partners and libraries that catalog in the Dutch GGC (Gemeenschappelijk Catalogiseersysteem) via their memberships. Other organizations that are interested in using the API in partnership with OCLC should contact OCLC for additional information.
Metalogue is a forum for sharing thoughts on all things related to knowledge organization by and for libraries, hosted by Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services for OCLC.
Karen will be joined often by friends and colleagues from all over the globe who will contribute perspectives and experiences about the current and future state of cataloging and metadata.
OCLC blogs provide unvetted, OCLC staff commentary on the library landscape and beyond from a variety of viewpoints, looking for news, ideas and other information of potential interest to the library community.
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