[Koha-devel] [Koha] Where would I put the OpenLibrary ID in the MARC record

[Nigel Titley]

On 08/08/2023 10:58, Nigel Titley wrote:
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> On 24/07/2023 01:11, David Cook wrote:
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>> You could send a request for an "openlibrary" code to be added to the 
>> official Standard Identifier Source Codes list: 
>> https://www.loc.gov/standards/sourcelist/index.html#maintenance . 
>> Honestly, I'm a little surprised there isn't already an entry for it 
>> there. I'm sure they'd approve a request for it.
> 
> I've put in a request to the LOC. We'll see if anything comes of it. 
> They may request (I would do so in their place) that the request comes 
> from the Open Library itself in which case I'll have to chase that route 
> first.

Well, to my surprise LOC got back to me today and said they had added 
Open Library to the SISC list.

https://loc.gov/marc/relators/tn230808src.html

So we now have a standardised way to add OLIDs to a MARC record

024 7 _ | $2 openlib | $a <OLID>

And that means I can have a look at adding OLIDs to the cover art 
retrieval from Open Library... which means dusting off my... erk... 
javascript. Which means sorting out sympa so I can get Koha up to date...

Nigel