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

[Carolyn Phillips]

Grand Rapids Public Library uses these Z39.50 sources:

Library of Congress, MeLCat, Milwaukee, OCLC, and Ohiolink.

We used to have some others on our Z39.50 page, but we didn't get 
results from them, so we dropped them.

--Carolyn Phillips
-- 
*Carolyn Phillips*
/Cataloger/
Grand Rapids Public Library
Main Library | 111 Library St NE | 49503
616-988-5402 x5462 <tel:161698854025462>
www.grpl.org <https://www.grpl.org>

On 8/21/2019 11:20 AM, Ron Eifert wrote:
> Missouri Evergreen also uses Ohiolink, St. Louis County, and Tulsa 
> City-County.
>
> Ron Eifert
> Director
> Sikeston (MO) Public Library
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> *From:* Evergreen-catalogers 
> <evergreen-catalogers-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org> on behalf of 
> Stroup, Meg <mstroup at statelibrary.sc.gov>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 21, 2019 10:15 AM
> *To:* Evergreen Community Catalogers
> *Subject:* Re: [Evergreen-catalogers] [External] Z39.50 Targets
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> *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
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> 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>
>
> 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
>
> Member Services Manager
>
> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
>
> Danvers, Mass.
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