> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:43 PM
> To: Wikimedia & Libraries
> Subject: Re: [libraries] Linking from Wikipedia articles to local
> library resources
>
> Thanks for your note. WorldCat Registry does look like a useful place
> to record the library-specific data I use in my application; in fact,
> I've been indexing libraries in my own databases using ISIL and OCLC
> identifiers partly with the thinking that this might make it easier to
> integrate with systems like the Registry down the road.
>
> I'm already manually consulting WorldCat Registry for some information
> like identifiers, and things like probable ILS when it's not clear from
> the library website.
> There are some things I use that
> don't seem to be captured in the Registry at this point in quite the
> form I need for this application, and other things that I can't now get
> at (but that OCLC seems to have); but it seems possible to bridge the
> gap between our data schemes and share the data more readily.
>
> I don't have time at the moment to go into more detail in this message,
> but I'd be happy to discuss this further when it's convenient.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
>
> On 3/5/13 1:31 PM, Klein,Max wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: John Mark Ockerbloom [mailto:
ockerblo@pobox.upenn.edu]
> >> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 7:42 PM
> >> To: Wikimedia& Libraries
> >> Subject: Re: [libraries] Linking from Wikipedia articles to local
> >> library resources
> >>
> >> On 3/4/13 9:35 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote:
> >>> Hi, John.
> >>>
> >>> This is pretty nifty! Thanks for creating it.
> >>>
> >>> I wonder: would it make sense to connect it to some of the open
> >>> resolvers out there? (or are those only useful at the item level,
> >>> whereas this produces searches?)
> >>
> >> It depends on how the resolver is set up. Most OpenURL resolvers
> are
> >> primarily designed to link to known items, whereas this is trying to
> >> link to groups of items by or about someone or something. But the
> >> OpenURL 1.0 specification is pretty open-ended, and could encompass
> >> this sort of thing. I decided not to use it to implement this
> >> particular service, but if someone's library would provide better
> >> results via their OpenURL resolver than via their catalog or other
> >> discovery system, I could link to it.
> >>
> >> (If anyone would like me to try linking to their library that way,
> >> you can let me know when you request service for the library at
> >>
>
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/olbpcontact?type=library
> >> Tell me about your wishes in the "Anything we should know ..."
> >> comment space, and leave your contact details in case I have any
> >> questions.)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> John
> >
> > John,
> >
> > What a fantastic idea! Conceptually this is the (ahem) missing link,
> to realign GWR (Google> Wikipedia> References) to GWL (Google>
> Wikipedia> Libraries). That's the party line we've been delivering for
> a long time but without software or practice to materialize the
> promise.
> >
> > With that in mind, I quite agree with Asaf that your notion of
> Forward to Libraries could benefit from using preexisting linking
> technologies. With all necessary disclosure of my OCLC-partisanship I
> think that instead of registering libraries through this new UPenn
> database, it'd make more sense to use the already populated WorldCat
> Registry[1] . There thousands of libraries are already registered with
> ties into their Online Catalogs, OpenURL Resolvers, and Virtual
> References. Just look at the entry for UPenn [2].
> >
> > This is a tremendous proposal which is theoretically complete. I'd
> really like to help volunteer time and code to make it work as best as
> possible.
> >
> > [1]
http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions
> > [2]
http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions/2583
> >
> > Max Klein
> > Wikipedia in Residence
> >
kleinm@oclc.org
> >
+17074787023
> >
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