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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:54:36 -0600
From: Dennis McClendon <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Tangent: Library cataloging
Perhaps one of the librarians on the MAPS list would be so kind as to
forward this to a more appropriate list. I can't figure out if it's a
stupid question or not.
My personal library (of books, not maps) has grown to the point (about 3000
volumes) that I really would like a simple catalog so I can quit buying
books that I already have at home. Since probably 90% of my books have
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data, it seems a waste of
time for me to type in the author and title again.
Is there some online catalog where I could type in the LC Card Catalog
number and get back a full record? I have software (CASPR's LibraryWorks)
that I believe will read MARC format records. It would seem that with all
the university and public systems on the Web, this would be a simple
matter.
Barring that, there must be companies that do this for small institutional
and corporate libraries that don't need OCLC subscriptions of their own.
Would that be a reasonable approach for an individual?
Thanks for your help. (If you are reading this on a list other than
MAPS-L, please reply directly to [log in to unmask])
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Dennis McClendon, Chicago CartoGraphics [log in to unmask]
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