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Using OpenRefine and the WorldCat Metadata API to get current OCLC numbers

September 18, 2018 AnnaCataloging

Using OpenRefine and the WorldCat Metadata API to get current OCLC numbers By Karen Coombs One issue that a lot of catalogers and metadata librarians struggle with is getting the current OCLC number for a given record into their local […]

Backlog Lookup

June 27, 2018 AnnaCataloging

Backlog Lookup By Yukari Sugiyama Using OpenRefine and OCLC’s WorldCat Search APIs, the process automates the work of backlog searching. It automatically searches WorldCat for cataloging copy by LCCN, ISBN, and NETWORK_NUMBER (OCLC number) https://github.com/ysugiyama3/backlog_lookup