Steve,
I second Rob's suggestion to check out ZOOM.
http://zoom.z3950.org
It's fairly easy these days to locate a Z39.50 client -- many are
freely available. Investigate the free and commercial Z39.50
software listed on our Website:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/resources/software.html
Another free client, not yet listed on our software page, is MarcEdit
that uses Index Data's YAZ client (http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/)
to provide access to MARC records.
http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/downloads.html
Records are used for a variety of purposes -- whenever a bibliographic
description is required -- for example, in bibliographies, for use
within library processing or reference.
With regard to SRW/SRU and LC, it is our desire to put a SRW/SRU
to Z39.50 gateway in front of our production databases. I can't
provide you with an implementation date at this time, but we're
hoping this will happen in the not-all-that-distant future. We'll
announce the gateway on this list when it's ready for prime time,
and give proper credit to all who made that desire and reality.
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
Larry
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Steve Yeago wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I've been checking up on ZING for quite some time, as I have been eager
> for a way to retrieve LoC records that has ... how can I say... a less
> steep learning curve than straight Z39.50. I attempted to set up
> Zetaperl a while back however my host at the time did not allow for
> connections of this type, and so my prayers were answered as I saw LoC
> via HTTP developments were underway. I'm curious to know the laymen's
> status of this one? I've been lurking around on this list for a couple
> of weeks in order to try to gather some clue as to the status, but to be
> honest this list isn't even in my language, so I figured I'd just come
> out and ask. Answers I have been unable to turn up through this list or
> the site documentation are questions like: are there currently people
> using this development to retrieve LoC records? What types of things are
> they using these records for?
>
> Perhaps I'm way off in bringing this here. Forgive me, this place is a
> TLA tornado.
>
> -Steve
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