Updates to BHL exports now include LCSH and all pages
Following user requests, the BHL exports now include Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and metadata for all pages in the BHL collection.
The updated documentation, including URLs to files and database schema, is available at:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/data/BHLExportSchema.pdf
For a more lengthy description of motivation for these exports and plans for future services, please read Export of titles & scientific names in BHL now available for download.
Chris Freeland served as the BHL Technical Director from 2006-2012. He is currently the Director of the Open Libraries program at Internet Archive. In this capacity he works with libraries & publishers to digitize their collections, working towards the Archive’s mission of providing “universal access to all knowledge.”
Tom – Oops! Sorry about that. It’s been corrected in the PDF; you may have to clear your cache to grab the updated version.
sorry – I meant that all of these links don’t work (but I’m especially interested in those in bold):
Download .zip file of all tables (145+MB)
· Download contents of Title table as a tab-delimited text file. (6MB+)
· Download contents of TitleIdentifier table as a tab-delimited text file. (1MB+)
· Download contents of Subject table as a tab-delimited text file. (900KB+)
· Download contents of Item table as a tab-delimited text file. (9MB+)
· Download contents of Page table as a tab-delimited text file. (360MB+)
· Download contents of PageName table as a tab-delimited text file. (870MB+)
Thanks Chris – this looks good, but the links don’t work :[
Tom