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Z39.50

ANSI Z39.50

Z39.50

An ANSI standard query language that is a simplified version of SQL. It is used on the Internet to search for documents. See WAIS.
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Marcedit (Z39.50, in and out) and OCLC (Z39.50, in and out) *Mobile access to staff functions is desired etc.
Integrated Library System Software
With their assistance, we have been able to alter our Z39.50 search of the LC catalog that allows us to import newly-cataloged book information employed in the BRP column.
James Procell and Matt Ertz, compilers of the "Books Recently Published" (BRP) column, and I would like to thank David Williamson, cataloging automation specialist, and Beacher Wiggins, director, both of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate at the Library of Congress
Existen varios protocolos para el intercambio de informacion entre bibliotecas digitales, los mas usados son el Z39.50 y el OAI-PMH.
Indexacion de metadatos en bibliotecas digitales mediante protocolos de comunicacion
Its Z39.50 Distributed Library project is an international initiative designed to share resources among marine and aquatic science libraries.
International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers
They cover the impact of license agreements on access to information, assessing the Libqual+TM tools in improving service quality standards, bibliographic management software and the Z39.50 connection in Thai academic libraries, fair use, increasing information retrieval through subject access improvement, and open access literature in library and information science.
Academic librarianship in the 21st century
"This will also include the development of a Z39.50 function within the library software, which will act as a vehicle for downloading bibliographic information and enable increased cataloguing speed," she said.
Polytechnic Library to Upgrade Online Catalogue
It can be considered an even more lightweight protocol than SRU (Search and Retrieve via URLs), which is itself a lightweight search protocol intended to update and build on the successes and failures of Z39.50. OpenSearch and SRU developers have exchanged ideas, but the two initiatives remain separate.
OpenSearch
In the same way, adherence to the Z39.50 search standard allows libraries and their users to routinely share information between their catalogs worldwide, without the need for any direct relationship or contact other than the reliance on a shared search standard.
Interconnected and innovative libraries: factors tying libraries more closely together
This online database allows access to more than 100,000 MARC records that can be copied directly into collections through a Z39.50 client or the Web.
MARC source: Sagebrush
The online system also grants direct access to hundreds of thousands of high-quality MARC records that can be copied directly into collections through a Z39.50 client or a Web search.
Sagebrush MARC Source
Palabras clave: Catalogos colectivos; Catalogos colectivos virtuales; Busqueda distribuida; Protocolo Z39.50
Catalogos colectivos: ?reales o virtuales? Una revision de la literatura
This paper discusses two efforts that offer solution paths to interoperability of the Z39.50 standard protocol for information retrieval.
Improving Z39.50 Interoperability: Z39.50 Profiles and Testbeds for Library Applications

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