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Freeing the LAMS from the Silos; or, How We Learned to Love MARC for the Sake of BIBFRAME

Staff Breaking news, Digital spine, Happenings April 27, 2017April 27, 2017Cataloguing, Libraries and museums, MARC, Metadata

On April 1st, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia released what we lovingly refer to as the “Digital Spine,” one of the few catalogs in the United States that merges descriptions of, and access to, library, archival and museum collections.

Approximately 145,000 bibliographic records for collections in the Historical Medical Library and approximately 28,000 records for objects in the Mütter Museum will be merged in a single, cross-searchable database.  To sample this integration, go to https://cpp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/library and search for “foreign bodies.”

 

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The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107


The Norris Reading Room Gallery is Open and included with Museum Ticket Purchase
Wednesdays through Sundays, 10:00am to 5:00pm

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS:
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To make an appointment to use the Library, head over to our Research Page and fill out a Research Request Form.

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