I'm interested to use the LCSH data contained in the Harvard Open Metadata
project to provide some hierarchical browsing (e.g. Fiction -> Mysteries ->
Historical Mysteries on top of a book database.
I'm a library sciences newbie, but it seems like LCSH doesn't really provide a
formal hierarchy
Thank you Stephen, that is helpful context, especially the differentiation
between Genre and Subject headings. (although I think the distinction might be
confusing for casual readers). But in context of the data available, that
makes sense and is helpful.
My use case is around book recomme
Thank you Carol. I will look into to call number to LC class mapping. That
might be relevant.
I am looking to provide more of a hierarchical browse of Genre and/or subject,
in the "faceted navigation" vein.
Interesting browse experience you have created, I like how you can move
"sideways" thr
Very interesting thank you! It looks to be only Non-Fiction, does that sound
correct?
Thanks!
mark
thank you that is very helpful!
thank you!
:)
sounds like there is a lot of useful metadata but somewhat scattered amongst
various fields, depending on when the item was cataloged or tagged. Which seems
to correspond to anecdotal surfing of the Harvard data.
I guess my new task is to build something that aggregates and reconciles
port
Wow this is really interesting! want to play it with for a bit and will share
any thoughts!
Thank you! I will take a look.
