[Evergreen-catalogers] [External] Z39.50 Targets

[Thomsen, Elizabeth]

Meg wrote:
>  *I usually start looking for possibilities on IRSpy.*

THAT'S exactly what I was looking for, thanks, Meg!

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:15 AM Stroup, Meg <MStroup at statelibrary.sc.gov>
wrote:

> We’re interested in this as well, and I’m glad you brought it up.  I
> usually start looking for possibilities on IRSpy
> <http://irspy.indexdata.com/>.  The host connection reliability is pretty
> trustworthy-- you can also test a connection from that site.  We’ve added a
> few targets and dropped a few, and I’ve been able to use that site to
> verify reliability (or lack thereof).
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> SCLENDS currently uses Colorado Prospector, LC, New York Public, OCLC (if
> applicable), San Francisco Public, and University of South Carolina.  It’s
> helpful to have a local university in there for local history-ish things.
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> *From: *Evergreen-catalogers <
> evergreen-catalogers-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org> on behalf of
> "Thomsen, Elizabeth" <et at noblenet.org>
> *Reply-To: *Evergreen Community Catalogers <
> evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org>
> *Date: *Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 10:58 AM
> *To: *"evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org" <
> evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org>
> *Subject: *[External] [Evergreen-catalogers] Z39.50 Targets
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> We use SkyRiver as our primary source of cataloging records and are
> reasonably happy with it, but we're interested in providing more access to
> Z39.50 targets for both consortium and library staff.
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> I'm looking at NC Cardinal's excellent cataloging documentation
> <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnccardinalsupport.org%2Findex.php%3Fpg%3Dkb.printer.friendly%26id%3D3%23p51&data=02%7C01%7Cmstroup%40statelibrary.sc.gov%7Cfe97d9f79acc4bb415f808d72647f378%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637019962786781492&sdata=YYVr20aSvVNmfPRNPb5EMvw29js6c9N3%2FaDcwI0dbPQ%3D&reserved=0>,
> which includes several sources from large libraries and library systems --
> Milwaukee PL, Sacramento PL, UNC, Cuyahoga County, etc.  I'd like to hear
> more about how other systems are using Z39.50 with targets other than OCLC
> and SkyRiver.  Where do you find the targets -- so many of the lists are
> out of date.  Do you ask for permission to use them and import records?
> Should we be encouraging more sharing of Z39.50 targets among Evergreen
> libraries?  Any issues you've run into with configurations?
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>
> There are a lot of Launchpad bugs with the Z39.50 tag that are New,
> Wishlist, Undecided, etc., that could use some attention: Launchpad bugs
> tagged z3950
> <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbugs.launchpad.net%2Fevergreen%2F%2Bbugs%3Ffield.tag%3Dz3950&data=02%7C01%7Cmstroup%40statelibrary.sc.gov%7Cfe97d9f79acc4bb415f808d72647f378%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637019962786791483&sdata=zZWy43QhrXB9s6TMoYW1z48c1I%2FDPlIIDl9lIoNUnjg%3D&reserved=0>
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> We're particularly interested in this one: Web client: needs Z39.50 batch
> search option
> <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbugs.launchpad.net%2Fevergreen%2F%2Bbug%2F1798847&data=02%7C01%7Cmstroup%40statelibrary.sc.gov%7Cfe97d9f79acc4bb415f808d72647f378%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637019962786791483&sdata=fOf9H5jL%2BAbetuKeOLrGAqtWrN9dZqSVGaVz1vlksi0%3D&reserved=0>
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> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
>
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