At 08:34 PM 12/23/2015 +0000, Boulier, Jack wrote:

Can anyone explain to me why I am getting connection errors for the Z39.50/SRU option when attempting to catalog new materials? My connection options are Columbia University, Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the Library of Congress. All three give me a connection failed error. The system is connected to the internet, I am able to connect to the system using http. And the server will connect to loc.gov.

How have you got them set up? LoC are pretty bullet-proof and fast set up as: Hostname/Port--Database--Userid--Password--Checked--Rank--Syntax--Encoding--Timeout lx2.loc.gov:210--LCDB--blank--blank--Yes(or no)--17(your choice)--USMARC--utf8--0 The Smithsonian is oddball (siris-libraries.si.edu:210, default, USMARC, utf8) -- fast but "choosey" e.g. their own Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Vol. 93 No 4 (that I have in front off me) finds it using the author (Randers-Pehrson), but "nothing found" with the title "Pioneer wind tunnels" or even more odd, Title + Author also gives "nothing found"... Columbia most often seems to work efficiently: clio-db.cc.columbia.edu:7090, VOYAGER, USMARC, utf8 -- but only if they have it "on-site" e.g Butler stacks -- if it's "off-site" (whatever that means) it works about 50% of the time. Best -- Paul --- Maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, research and education through the written word and the arts. <http://NavalMarineArchive.com> and <http://UltraMarine.ca>