Bug 38956 - Automate MARC Authority Updates with the Library of Congress
Summary: Automate MARC Authority Updates with the Library of Congress
Status: NEW
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: MARC Authority data support (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2025-01-23 13:18 UTC by Jessie Zairo
Modified: 2025-01-24 17:44 UTC (History)
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Description Jessie Zairo 2025-01-23 13:18:12 UTC
It would be helpful to pull in regular updates for MARC Authority records rather than manually having to check for updates to subject headings.  

For example - an author passes away, the current behavior is you need to edit the authority record. It would be beneficial to connect to the LOC database to look for updates automatically. 

Apis for the LOC https://www.loc.gov/apis/
Comment 1 Phil Ringnalda 2025-01-23 23:42:21 UTC
LoC doesn't have an API for authorities (unless you consider downloading them one-by-one via z39.50 an API). For bulk authorities, you're looking at https://www.loc.gov/cds/products/marcDist.php where it costs $13,555 per year to get access to their FTP server with updates for both names and subjects (and you have to contact them to ask whether your plans for redistribution meet with their approval).

Sounds more like something for a paid plugin and webservice run by a support provider with lots of US-based customers than something for Koha's core.