internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary

Bulk MARC files are very stale

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Description

In the years since 2008 many improvements have been made in partners' source catalogues, but we are still using outdated snapshots warts and all. It's long past time for a refresh.

### Evidence / Screenshot (if possible)
Compare, for example, the new:
https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/discovery/sourceRecord?vid=01UTORONTO_INST:UTORONTO&docId=alma991106329368606196&recordOwner=01UTORONTO_INST

to the old:
https://openlibrary.org/show-records/marc_university_of_toronto/uoft.marc:2416520949:718

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