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Protocol Z39.50: Searching Other Systems

Protocol Z39.50: Searching Other Systems. Ali Alshowaish. Introduction. What is a protocol? Examples: TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP What is Z39.50?. A Short History of Z39.50.

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Protocol Z39.50: Searching Other Systems

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  1. Protocol Z39.50:Searching Other Systems Ali Alshowaish

  2. Introduction • What is a protocol? • Examples: TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP • What is Z39.50?

  3. A Short History of Z39.50 • An initiative (LSP) stated in the 1980s to standardize searching of the major bibliographic databases of OCLC, RILN, LC, WLN. • NISO also was working on a similar project. • In 1988, NISO adopted what was already done by LSP and issued protocol Z39.50.

  4. The Library of Congress was designated the official Maintenance Agency and Registration Authority for the Z39.50 standard. • A group called the Z39.50 Implementers’ Group (ZIG) assumed a primary role in ongoing development. • Z39.50 Maintenance Agency and ZIG developed versions 2 and 3 of the Z39.50 protocol (1992 and 1995 respectively).

  5. ISO approved two informa­tion retrieval standards in 1993 (ISO 10162 and ISO 10163-1). • In 1998, ISO adopted the Z39.50 protocols and issued ISO 23950.

  6. How does Z39.50 work? • Client/server environment. • Z39.50 is acting as a common language that all Z39.50-enabled systems can understand. • It standardizes the messages between clients and servers. Regardless different software, systems, or platform used.

  7. Z39.50 Applications There are several application: • Searching other library catalog using the same interface: • University of Arizona: http://sabio.library.arizona.edu/search/X • Library of Congress: http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html

  8. Searching several databases using one interface. • http://opus.tu-bs.de/zack/index.en.html • Copy cataloging: eZcat, Bookwhere or integrated with systems. • http://koha-community.org/demo/ • Personal bibliographic software: ProCite, EndNote, RM, or online bibliographic services. • http://www.bibme.org

  9. Canadian national catalogue • http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb/amilogine.htm • Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

  10. Thanks Ali Alshowaish

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