Till Grallert4d ago

Has #Worldcat fully retreated behind log-in with user accounts? Trying to access titles by their #OCLC ID from our institutional IP range at HU Berlin, I get the following response:

```
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="resource://content-accessible/plaintext.css">
</head>
<body>
<pre>This content is available to authenticated users only.
Please sign in to continue.</pre>
</body>
```

#OpenInternet

Dawn Tåke 🌙 Feb 5

Looks like Worldcat is getting shittier. I clicked on "Show more information" and it's demanding an account.

Lovely.

#Enshittification #WorldCat #OCLC #Libraries #TourmaLibrarian

Show threadSCIGMA ERCJan 24
@tillgrallert
Maybe there is a scenario in which projects validate and enrich #worldcat , #ustc etc. data and share it on #wikidata after all. @base has proved as the perfect data hub for the SCIGMA corpus so far.
Show threadTill GrallertJan 24
Projects like these are only possible thanks to the terrific #librarians and #cataloguers sharing data openly through well documented APIs and formats. The same cannot be said of all aggregating platforms feeding off of the commons. Even though we recorded thousands of #OCLC IDs on #Wikidata, #worldcat cannot be queried for the dimensional data of physical artefacts without an institutional subscription to their APIs—which not a single academic library in Germany seems to do (rightfully so imo. one should not pay for access to data one contributes pro bono)
Steven Saus [he/him]Jan 23

Judge orders Anna’s Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply

WorldCat operator hopes default judgment will convince web hosts to take acti...


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/judge-orders-annas-archive-to-delete-scraped-data-no-one-thinks-it-will-comply/#annas-archive #policy #worldcat

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseJan 19

TorrentFreak: U.S. Court Order Against Anna’s Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site. “Anna’s Archive is having a rough month. Following mysterious .org and .se domain suspensions, the shadow library is now facing a permanent injunction from a federal court. After dropping a multi-million damages claim, OCLC won a default judgment and permanent injunction against Anna’s Archive, which it […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/19/torrentfreak-u-s-court-order-against-annas-archive-spells-more-trouble-for-the-site/
TorrentFreak: U.S. Court Order Against Anna’s Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site

TorrentFreak: U.S. Court Order Against Anna’s Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site. “Anna’s Archive is having a rough month. Following mysterious .org and .se domain suspensions, the shad…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Ars Technica NewsJan 16
Judge orders Anna’s Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply https://arstechni.ca/VZbn #Anna'sarchive #worldcat #Policy
Judge orders Anna’s Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply

WorldCat operator hopes default judgment will convince web hosts to take action.

Ars Technica
Tarnkappe.infoJan 16
📬 Anna’s Archive unter Druck: US-Gericht ordnet dauerhafte Unterlassung an
#EBooks #Rechtssachen #Anna’sArchive #Browsewrap #DomainSperre #HostingAnbieter #Intermediäre #OCLC #Schattenbibliotheken #Scraping #Unterlassungsverfügung #USGericht #WorldCat https://sc.tarnkappe.info/0d9108
Anna’s Archive unter Druck: US-Gericht ordnet dauerhafte Unterlassung an

Anna’s Archive unter Druck: US-Gericht erlässt eine dauerhafte Unterlassungsverfügung auf Antrag von OCLC.

TARNKAPPE.INFO
Till GrallertDec 9

#MarcXML encapsulated as a string in #JSON is a pain to work with as I am finding out trying to query #HathiTrust APIs for digitised items with a list of #OCLC numbers obtained via #SPARQL from #Wikidata.

Things I wish for:

1. direct access to the MARCXML from HathiTrust
2. a publicly accessible API for #Worldcat / OCLC to find holdings

#DigitalHumanities #libraries #metadata #bibliography

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseNov 24

TorrentFreak: Anna’s Archive ‘WorldCat Scrape’ Lawsuit Drops $5M Claim, Pivots to Takedown Tactic. “OCLC is no longer looking for millions in damages from Anna’s Archive, but has adopted a tactical ‘takedown’ strategy instead. In a renewed motion for default judgment, the organization requests a permanent injunction, to restrain the shadow library from sharing WorldCat data.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/24/torrentfreak-annas-archive-worldcat-scrape-lawsuit-drops-5m-claim-pivots-to-takedown-tactic/

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