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<font size=3>Thanks for passing along the link, Rebecca. I hadn't seen
this. I took a brief look the other day and tried to go back for a longer
look today but I'm getting an error message :(<br><br>
I have played around a little bit with an OCLC site that might be similar
for names (not sure whether it is Ajax-powered as well):
<a href="http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/authority/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/authority/</a><br><br>
The name site doesn't seem to be kept up-to-date (I wonder if the same
holds true for the LCSH site). Example: I looked up Richard Nixon, who
got a death date added to his heading back in February, but the site
still has the old heading (without the death date). And new headings,
added to the authority file earlier this year, are not there. It's also
hard to interpret the fixed fields in the 008 string unless you have the
positions memorized. Not that crucial for personal names, but much more
crucial for subjects (e.g., to see if you can subdivide the heading
geographically or not) so I wonder if the LCSH site works the same way.
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Of course, the name site is only a research project - I wouldn't use it
for production work. But it's good to play with and think about!<br><br>
-Manon<br><br>
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At 02:13 PM 11/9/2006, Rebekah Irwin wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I recently stumbled upon this
interesting Ajax (a programming language for creating interactive
web-pages) powered search tool for LSCH created by OCLC:<br><br>
<a href="http://lcsh.orhost.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://lcsh.orhost.org/</a><br><br>
I would be interested to hear if anyone has been experimenting with
it...<br><br>
Cheers,<br><br>
Rebekah Irwin<br>
Catalog Librarian for Digital Projects<br>
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library<br>
Yale University<br>
PO Box 208240<br>
New Haven, CT 06520<br>
e: rebekah.irwin@yale.edu<br>
p: 203.436.4692<br>
f: 203.432.4047<br>
www:
<a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/</a></blockquote>
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Manon Théroux<br>
Authority Control Librarian<br>
Catalog Department<br>
Yale University Library <br>
P.O. Box 208240<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
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203-432-8376 (tel)<br>
203-432-7231 (fax)<br>
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