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    Grand Rapids Public Library uses these Z39.50 sources:<br>
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    Library of Congress, MeLCat, Milwaukee, OCLC, and Ohiolink.<br>
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    We used to have some others on our Z39.50 page, but we didn't get
    results from them, so we dropped them.<br>
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    --Carolyn Phillips<br>
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    <span style="font-size:14px;font-family: Sans-Serif;"><b>Carolyn
        Phillips</b></span><br>
    <span style="font-size:12px;font-family: Sans-Serif;"><i>Cataloger</i><br>
      Grand Rapids Public Library<br>
      Main Library | 111 Library St NE | 49503<br>
      <a href="tel:161698854025462">616-988-5402 x5462</a><br>
      <a href="https://www.grpl.org">www.grpl.org</a></span><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/21/2019 11:20 AM, Ron Eifert
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            <div style="direction: ltr;">Missouri Evergreen also uses
              Ohiolink, St. Louis County, and Tulsa City-County.
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            <div style="direction: ltr;">Ron Eifert </div>
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            color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Evergreen-catalogers
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            on behalf of Stroup, Meg <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mstroup@statelibrary.sc.gov"><mstroup@statelibrary.sc.gov></a><br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 21, 2019 10:15 AM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Evergreen Community Catalogers<br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Evergreen-catalogers] [External] Z39.50
            Targets
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          <p class="MsoNormal">We’re interested in this as well, and I’m
            glad you brought it up.  I usually start looking for
            possibilities on
            <a href="http://irspy.indexdata.com/" moz-do-not-send="true">IRSpy</a>. 
            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).</p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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              </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Evergreen-catalogers
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:evergreen-catalogers-bounces@list.evergreen-ils.org"><evergreen-catalogers-bounces@list.evergreen-ils.org></a> on behalf of
                "Thomsen, Elizabeth" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:et@noblenet.org"><et@noblenet.org></a><br>
                <b>Reply-To: </b>Evergreen Community Catalogers
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:evergreen-catalogers@list.evergreen-ils.org"><evergreen-catalogers@list.evergreen-ils.org></a><br>
                <b>Date: </b>Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 10:58 AM<br>
                <b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:evergreen-catalogers@list.evergreen-ils.org">"evergreen-catalogers@list.evergreen-ils.org"</a>
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:evergreen-catalogers@list.evergreen-ils.org"><evergreen-catalogers@list.evergreen-ils.org></a><br>
                <b>Subject: </b>[External] [Evergreen-catalogers]
                Z39.50 Targets</span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">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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              <p class="MsoNormal">I'm looking at NC Cardinal's
                excellent <a
href="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"
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                  cataloging documentation</a>, 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?</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">There are a lot of Launchpad bugs
                with the Z39.50 tag that are New, Wishlist, Undecided,
                etc., that could use some attention: <a
href="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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              <p class="MsoNormal">We're particularly interested in this
                one: <a
href="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"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">Web client: needs Z39.50 batch
                  search option</a>  </p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth B. Thomsen  </p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">NOBLE: North of Boston
                          Library Exchange </p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Danvers, Mass.</p>
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