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[...] [2b2k][everythingismisc]“Big data for books”: Harvard puts metadata for 12M library items into t… (Here’s a version of the text of a submission I just made to BoingBong through their “Submitterator”). Harvard University has today put into the public domain (CC0) full bibliographic information about virtually all the 12M works in its 73 libraries. This is (I believe) the largest and most comprehensive such contribution. MORE >> [...]

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[...] The library catalog dataset comprises bibliographic records of almost all of Harvard Library’s gigantic collection. It’s available under a CC 0 public domain license for bulk download, and can be accessed through an API via the DPLA’s prototype platform. More info here. [...]

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[...] have implications for the organizations which sell library metadata. Joho the Blog reports, “‘Big Data for Books’: Harvard Puts Metadata for 12M Library Items into the Public Domain.” We learn from the write up: “Harvard University has today put into the public domain [...]

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Massive public domain catalog dump from Harvard | theflyingcameldotorg — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:05:19 +0000

[...] Weinberger writes, “Harvard University has today put into the public domain (CC0) full bibliographic [...]

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