[WEB4LIB] Z39.50 meta search location?

[Jean Hewlett]

North Bay Cooperative Library System has a metacatalog
named Supersearch that connects libraries in several
Northern California counties. It uses Z39.50 to display
holdings information taken directly from each library's
opac, so it displays the current location and
circulation status for each copy of an item. The
libraries that are linked use a variety of opac
platforms, including Dynix, CARL, and Innovative
Interfaces. 

There is a link to Supersearch on the NBCLS web site at
http://www.nbcls.org 
To visit, log in as guest. For more information,
contact Sue Widmer at ssearch at sonic.net.

Jean Hewlett
North Bay Cooperative Library System & University of
San Francisco
hewlett at usfca.edu

"Gary E. Masters" wrote:
> 
> Our ILL librarian uses WorldCat for many of her searches, but is looking
> for a web site that allows a "metasearch" of several libraries at the same
> time.  Possibly it will use Z39.50 protocol to do this, but that is not her
> main objective.  She has found pages with links to Z39.50 sites, but has to
> do one at a time.  This is slow.
> 
> Does anyone know about this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Gary Masters
> 
> Gary E. Masters
> Automated Services Librarian
> (956) 326-2137 (office)
> (956)326-2399
> (fax)