Re: Swedish National Bibliography and authority data released with open license

This is wonderful news, Martin. I just wish to note also that LIBRIS  
data is available in Linked Data format:

http://librisbloggen.kb.se/2008/12/03/libris-available-as-linked-data/

Thanks,
kc


Quoting Martin Malmsten <martin.malmsten@kb.se>:

> Hi everyone,
>
> this is cut from the blog entry at http://t.co/6oLGhv30
>
> "Before the summer the Swedish national librarian, Gunnar Sahlin,  
> signed an agreement effectively releasing the Swedish National  
> Bibliography and authority files into the public domain. We are now  
> pleased to announce the general availability of these records […]
>
> We see the investment in Open Data as a strategic one and one that  
> is needed to ensure long term sustainability and competition when it  
> comes to the services needed by libraries and their users as well as  
> the right to control over their collections. The license chosen is  
> CC0 which waives any rights the National Library have over the  
> National Bibliography and the authority data."
>
> Comments are very much welcomed, especially on the use of  
> dcterms:relation in the Atom feeds.
>
> Best regards,
>   Martin
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Martin Malmsten - Head of Development
> National Library of Sweden / National cooperation Dept.
> martin.malmsten@kb.se
>
>
>



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