Re: CODE4LIB Digest - 28 Feb 2007 to 1 Mar 2007 (#2007-50)

From: Kristina Long <klong_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 05:44:23 -0800
To: CODE4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
> Date:    Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:23:50 -0800
> From:    "Walker, David" <dwalker_at_CALSTATE.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Z39.50 for III Database?
>
> First, the III Z39 Server only allows you to search on a handful of indexes.  If you have an
> exported list of records, you will likely want to be able to check item status using the
> bibliographic record id number, since that is the unique identifier for each record.
> But the III Z39 server does not support a search for bib id.  That forces you to look-up
> the record using one of the supported indexes, which may not be sufficiently unique for your purposes.

You can get III to set this up for you.  I think we had this set up for use attribute 12.

Kristina

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