[WEB4LIB] Z39.50 meta search location?

[Dan Lester]

Tuesday, February 01, 2000, 1:56:08 PM, you wrote:

GEM> Our ILL librarian uses WorldCat for many of her searches, but is looking 
GEM> for a web site that allows a "metasearch" of several libraries at the same 
GEM> time.  Possibly it will use Z39.50 protocol to do this, but that is not her 
GEM> main objective.  She has found pages with links to Z39.50 sites, but has to 
GEM> do one at a time.  This is slow.

GEM> Does anyone know about this?

The State of Idaho LiLI-Z project has such a system under development.
It is a web interface to multiple Z39.50 catalogs in the state,
region, and elsewhere. We plan to be somewhat selective and not try to
provide links to the full complement of Z39 servers in the world. The
alpha version of it is up now, and I'd share the URL with a few people
individually, but will not yet post it publicly.

Blue Angel is the contractor doing the work.  (www.blueangeltech.com)
The site includes some demos, but none that are exactly like what you
want or we are doing.  Currently the alpha is running on their server,
but the final product will run on the server at www.lili.org (housed
in our library at Boise State).

If you want more information, let me know.

dan



GEM> Thanks.

GEM> Gary Masters







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