[Koha] Z39.50 servers

[Chris Nighswonger]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Marijana Glavica <mglavica at ffzg.hr> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:58:22PM -0400, Cab Vinton wrote:
>> Hi, All:
>>
>> We're a small rural public library automating for the first time with
>> Koha/ LibLime and we're looking for advice on your favorite sources
>> for copy cataloging. We have quite a backlog of uncataloged items to
>> get through.
>>
>> Koha's default search targets for us are FirstSearch WorldCat, LOC,
>> New York University, New York Public Library, Columbia, & the
>> Smithsonian Institution.
>>
>> Anyone have opinions, strong or otherwise, about their relative
>> merits, or suggestions for alternative preferred servers?
>
> You can choose Z39.50 targets according to your needs and cataloguing
> practices.
> Indexdata maintains the list of targets - http://targettest.indexdata.com/find.html
> Useful information is "Host Connection Reliability" - ability to respond
> to connections.

Another list is found here:
http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/z3950hosts.htm

Kind Regards

-- 
Chris Nighswonger

LibLime
www.liblime.com
chris.nighswonger at liblime.com