<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Is the British Library access a paid service, or is it an open service? We have the occasional British Title in which it would help to have access to MARC records.<br><br>If it is open, what are the Koha z3950 parameters?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br><br><br>Hal Bright, Adult Services Manager<br>
Farmington Libraries, 6 Monteith Dr, Farmington, CT 06032<br>
Phone: (860) 673-6791 Fax: (860) 675-7148<br>
hbright@farmingtonlibraries.org<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 3/8/11, Elaine Bradtke <i><eb@efdss.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Elaine Bradtke <eb@efdss.org><br>Subject: [Koha] Fwd: Access to British Library Z39.50 servers<br>To: "koha" <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz><br>Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 4:58 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1912436214">Just in case anyone is experiencing difficulty with the British Library servers - there's a reason for it and it should be temporary.<br><br><div class="yiv1912436214gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="yiv1912436214gmail_sendername">Lowery, John</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:John.Lowery@bl.uk" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=John.Lowery@bl.uk">John.Lowery@bl.uk</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:20 AM<br>Subject: Access to British Library Z39.50 servers<br>To: "Lowery, John" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:John.Lowery@bl.uk" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=John.Lowery@bl.uk">John.Lowery@bl.uk</a>><br>Cc: "Tiplady, John" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:John.Tiplady@bl.uk" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=John.Tiplady@bl.uk">John.Tiplady@bl.uk</a>><br>
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