[open-bibliography] British Library - Free Bibliographic records

[Charles E. Jones]

Apologies if this development from the British Library has already been mentioned:

"The British Library is to make its extensive collections of bibliographic records available for free to researchers and other libraries: www.bl.uk/bibliographic/datafree.html

As part of its work to open its metadata to wider use beyond the traditional library community, the British Library is making copies of its main catalogue and British National Bibliography datasets available for research purposes. Files are initially being made available in XML and structured in an RDF/DC format (see samples). Files are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

The British Library is currently investigating options for structuring its catalogue information as linked data and is collaborating with a number of organisations in examining the issues associated with making bibliographic metadata available in this way.

Please contact metadata at bl.uk for further information."

-Chuck Jones-

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Charles Ellwood Jones
Head, ISAW Library
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
15 East 84th Street
New York, NY 10028
voice: (212) 992-7832
Fax: (212) 992-7809
chuck.jones at nyu.edu
(or cejo at uchicago.edu )
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cj35/
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