[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE: Network errors when attempting z39.50 imports

[Brandon W. Uhlman]

Hi, Georgette.

The short answer to your question is yes.

If I recall correctly, OCLC is one of the default Z39.50 targets that  
ships with an out-of-the-box installation of Evergreen. We don't use  
it here in British Columbia, but I'm pretty sure it's where Georgia  
PINES gets their records.

Brandon

Quoting Georgette Rogers <GRogers at libertylakewa.gov>:

> Can records be imported from OCLC?  That is where we retrieve our  
> records now.
>
> Thank you
>
> Georgette
>
> Georgette Rogers
> Circulation Supervisor
> Liberty Lake Municipal Library
> 23123 E  Mission Ave
> Liberty Lake, WA 99019
> 509-435-0778
> 1-866-729-8507
> ________________________________________
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org  
> [open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of  
> Duimovich, George [George.Duimovich at NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca]
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:01 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting z39.50 imports
>
> Hello Raymond,
>
> The previously attached txt file included instructions for using the  
> Yaz client to test the Z server & show output from your Z39.50  
> target(s). The Yaz client is stand-alone and doesn't by itself  
> import records into Evergreen. Its main use for most of us is to  
> test connections to z servers so you can rule out some other Z39.50  
> client (like Evergreen) from the troubleshooting equation.
>
> To import records, you'll have to ensure you have your targets  
> configured in Evergreen (config.z3950_source & config.z3950_attr  
> tables). There's an interface for the former (Server Administration  
> > Z39.50 Servers) and the interface for the latter is forthcoming  
> (but easy enough to enter / insert into that *_attr table).
>
> Once your target(s) are entered, then use Cataloging > Import  
> Records from Z39.50. More details here:  
> http://www.in.gov/library/files/Cataloging_Training_Manual_Chapter12.pdf
>
> Hope that helps..
>
> George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org  
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On  
> Behalf Of Raymond Norton
> Sent: June 14, 2010 11:32
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting z39.50 imports
>
> Thank you.
>
> I am able to do a basic search now and need to do a test record  
> import into our new system. I am not seeing the command to do this  
> in the text file.
>
> What would the syntax be to import the following record from my  
> search at library.usc.edu?
>
>
> "650  0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1933-1945) $z Germany."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6/11/2010 2:05 PM, Duimovich, George wrote:
>> Hello Raymond,
>>
>> Please see attached .txt file for sample session in Yaz. Once you  
>> have the Yaz client installed, you work off of command line  
>> interface. In windows, Yaz opens up a command prompt like window  
>> with a Z>  prompt.
>>
>> It's a very useful tool to troubleshoot what you're getting from a  
>> Z39.50 server -- in our case, it came in very useful recently to  
>> determine that the output format from one of our Z39.50 targets was  
>> sending us some bad data (in turn helping us determine what needed  
>> to be fixed was not in Evergreen but in an external system, etc.)
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> George
>>
>> George Duimovich
>> NRCan Library / Bibliothèque de RNCan
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org  
>> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On  
>> Behalf Of Raymond Norton
>> Sent: June 11, 2010 14:47
>> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting  
>> z39.50 imports
>>
>> I cleared the logs, and only get this one error when attempting to  
>> import a record from LOC:
>>
>>    grep ERR /openils/var/log/*.log
>> /openils/var/log/osrfsys.log:open-ils.cstore 2010-06-11 13:41:41  
>> [ERR :3228:oils_cstore.c:5045:127628152433102] open-ils.cstore  
>> ERROR No "datatype" attribute for field "tcn_value"
>>
>> No other errors pop up until the import is attempted.
>>
>> I have zero experience with the yaz-client. Would you have know  
>> what the command would be to import a a test record via yaz?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/11/2010 10:53 AM, Jason Etheridge wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Raymond Norton<admin at lctn.org>   wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> As a test, I logged into an evergreen demo system and imported a  
>>>> record from
>>>> LOC. Minutes later, I attempted to import the same record into my system,
>>>> but no go.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'd still be tempted to use yaz-client from your server to see if
>>> there a connection problem (firewall, etc.) between your server and
>>> their Z39.50 server.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Wow, didn't realize there would be so many logs. Which one should I be
>>>> tailing to troubleshoot this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'd grep all of them like so:
>>>
>>> grep \\[ERR /openils/var/log/*
>>>
>>> Anything that matches is bad and noteworthy.
>>>
>>> Generally osrfsys.log is a good one to be following.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>



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