This page documents LD4P3 work at Cornell University Library to consider how we might bring enhancements to https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/ using Discogs data into production.

Background

Catalogers often use Discogs as a source of information for creating MARC descriptions; it is generally considered a rich and trustworthy source of information. In LD4P2, Cornell built a prototype that automatically added Discogs information into our Blacklight item view pages for music recordings by using Questioning Authority to query and match descriptions in the catalog with descriptions in Discogs. In this prototype

User Interface Considerations

• How best to integrate Discogs data along side the information already in the catalog, including accounting for any redundancy in the two descriptions
• How to make clear that there is external data being presented to the user (and credit Discogs)

Data Matching Considerations

• What is the optimal combination of search values to ensure correct matches
• How best to override or correct incorrect matches

Engineering Considerations

• Whether to use Questioning Authority or the Discogs API directly
• Whether to index Discogs data for search, or simply display data dynamically when the page is rendered