Z39.50 Gateway
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Z39.50 Gateway


A Z39.50 Gateway Implementation by Zeljko Pajkic, Dejan Jovanovic, and Zoran Ognjanovic describes how they used mostly open source tools to construct the gateway.
An implementation of an Z39.50 server and the corresponding gateway is presented. The software enables one to retrieve data from remote databases. Its interface is web-based with user-friendly interface. Our implementation is based on free software.
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- Oai @ Oclc
Some good news from OCLC about their OAI database, now you can submit your own records for harvesting, just use the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway.Repository managers from libraries, museums, archives and other cultural heritage and research institutions...

- Exposing Oai Content
Image via CrunchBaseNews from OCLC about their OAI project.A pilot of the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway is currently underway, which allows you to upload the metadata of your digital content to WorldCat from any OAI-compliant digital repository....

- Search/retrieve Web Service
Ralph LeVan's SRW/SRU Open Source database interface is now available. It includes support for DSpace's Lucene implementation and OCLC's Pears and Newton databases. An open source product, it is released for download.LC describes SRW/U as:SRW...

- Dp9
Not new, but something I've not mentioned before is DP9.DP9 is a gateway service that enables indexing of an OAI data provider by an Internet search engine. DP9 does this by providing a persistent URL for repository records, and converting this to...

- Information Access
The paper "Blurring services and resources: Boston College's implementation of MetaLib and SFX" by Bob Gerrity, Theresa Lyman, and Ed Tallent appears in Reference Services Review v. 30 no. 3 (2002)Over the past year, the Boston College libraries have...



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