Z39.50 MARC record sources and more...

In the wake of BTCat's demise, NHAIS Services continues to talk to vendors, seeking additional options for catalogers to download MARC records.

In the meantime, you can use the Z39.50 Target Directory to find potential sources of records. Not all of what's listed actually works and you'll have to determine for yourself whether these sources meet your needs. To keep results on the Z39.50 Target Directory manageable, we suggest choosing United States for Country and Z39.50 for Protocol. If you leave Type of Library blank, your results will include the catalogs of a lot of colleges. You may want to limit Type of Library to Public or (for schools) Education or (for Library of Congress) National.

If your catalog doesn't have Z39.50 searching built in, you can use the free Z39.50/SRU Client that's part of MARCEdit.

   

The NHAIS ILL System will be offline briefly starting at 10 o'clock tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 17). This outage, which should last around 15 minutes, is for basic maintenance and does not include any program changes.

   

Libraries that maintain holdings in the NHU-PAC and send files to Auto-Graphics to add and delete holdings should note that there will be a delay in loading new files until further notice. In the past, files were usually processed the same day they were sent. For the time being, expect files to be processed within a month of being sent. This processing delay does not affect libraries that maintain NHU-PAC holdings directly in the NHAIS ILL System using the Add Locations, Edit Locations, or Delete Locations buttons.

   

Due to driver illness, we needed to cancel the SW ILL route today [Thursday, Feb. 12].

The following stops will not receive a delivery today:

Andover
Grafton
Canaan
Enfield
Etna
Grantham
Springfield
New London
Newbury
Sunapee
Newport
Washington
Hillsborough
Henniker
Weare

Thank you,
Jacob Kowall
Reference Librarian
New Hampshire State Library