[Koha] Learning about z3950 and Lib Congress

[Anne Zarinnia]

David,
I hope this is not overkill. It depends what you really wanted!
Anne

How to Search LoC Catalog (not the Z39 interface, but useful for 
guidance on field searches, etc)
    catalog.loc.gov/ LoC Catalog                       (Basic, Guided)
    catalog.loc.gov/help/contents.htm                (Searching LoC 
catalog)

Z39.50 LoC Z39.50 Gateway Information
    www.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#about      About z39.50
    lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/lcserver.html Server    Configuration Guidelines

Z39.50 LoC Z39.50 Catalog Access
    lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/
    lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#lc

Bristol -- Institute for Learning and Research Technology
    www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/
    Background on Z39.50 (Good selection)
       www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/discovery/z3950/resources/#search
       Search Z39.50 (scroll down to search section) (Not really a 
"how-to")

NISO Z39.50
    www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z3950_Resources.html#search

Z39.50: The Basics by Fay Turner
     ifla.inist.fr/ifla/IV/ifla63/63turf1.pdf

Nice example of a Z39.50 search page
    INIST
       services.inist.fr/public/eng/conslt.htm

E. Anne Zarinnia, Associate Professor                 zarinnie at uww.edu
Dept. Educational Foundations                             262 472-1463
Univ. Wisconsin-Whitewater                                  262 
472-1380 (secretary)

"You see I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where 
people sit in silence, and that has been the main reason for our 
employing wild animals as librarians." Monty Python

On Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at 04:41 AM, David Bucknell wrote:

> Dear Koha developers and users,
>
> Could someone please direct me to a starting point for learning how to 
> use these
> two tools: z39.50 and the Library of Congress search tool?
>
> Thank you,
>
> David
> -- 
> http://iteachnet.org/~david
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