Z39.50: how about this?

[Elizabeth L. Brown]

At 10:36 AM 4/18/96 -0700, you wrote:
>So o.k., I'm getting smarter on Z39.50, and folks in my organization have
>shown interest in the topic.  The question I kept getting yesterday was,
>what needs to be done to  existing databases to make them work with a
>Z39.50 server?  In other words, how would we make them compliant?  
>(I consider these wonderfully open-minded questions!)
***much deleted*****
>Karen G. Schneider
>schneider.karen at epamail.epa.gov
>Director, Region 2 Library, NY
>Opinions mine alone
>
>
Karen, and all the others who need to know about Z39.50:

For some of the answers, including links to an HTML copy of the Z39.50
document and ordering information (via ANSI) of the document in paper, see
the Library of Congress Z39.50 Gateway.  

This collection of web pages tells more than I'll ever know about this
standard. (I _do_ know that only LC's MARC records are accessible via this
tool.)  The Z39.50 Gateway also provides a link to databases at a number of
libraries that are using Z39.50 already.

The URL:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/

Good luck
Elizabeth
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