The Library of Congress opened its catalogs to the world. Here’s why it matters - Newsefo

lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-08-14

Summary:

"The Library of Congress has made 25 million digital catalog records available for anyone to use at no charge. The free data set includes records from 1968 to 2014. This is the largest release of digital catalog records in history. These records are part of a data ecosystem that crosses decades and parallels the evolution of information technology."

Link:

http://newsefo.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-library-of-congress-opened-its.html

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Tags:

oa.new oa.loc oa.libraries oa.usa oa.metadata oa.copyright oa.data

Date tagged:

08/14/2017, 11:16

Date published:

08/14/2017, 07:16