This question about converting the LC rdf data to Marc has come up before. Yes, you could do it, no it won't be useful because the dataset won't look anything like the Marc records.
In terms of the OCLC service, this likely wouldn't solve your problem either. This is a tool being build to provide subject/names validation, not to retrieve Marc records.
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On Mar 4, 2011, at 3:55 AM, "Hans BKK" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'd like to pre-load my ILS with the LoC Authority records for Subject
> headers before starting to catalog, for a more efficient workflow,
> compared to looking them up and downloading them one at a time.
>
> When doing the latter, http://authorities.loc.gov/ clearly states they
> are available as MARC records, but looks like only one at a time. Also
> here: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/
>
> http://id.loc.gov/download/ seems to be the place for bulk
> downloading, but the formats offered don't include MARC!
>
> Their preferred format seems to be RDF-XML.
>
> Is there a plug-in or some other way to batch convert this data into MARC?
>
> As a side issue, I came across some mentions that MarcEdit will allow
> for LCSH term lookups using OCLC's Terminology Service. I haven't
> found anything along these lines in MarcEdit nor at the web site - was
> that just an experiment that never made it into code?
>
> If none of the above pans out, any general suggestions on getting
> access to the LCSH authorities in Marc, if not in bulk then a quick
> way to get them one at a time:
>
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