http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10096 Bug ID: 10096 Summary: Add a Z39.50 interface for authority searching Classification: Unclassified Change sponsored?: --- Product: Koha Version: master Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: new feature Priority: P5 - low Component: Z39.50 / SRU / OpenSearch Servers Assignee: gmcharlt@gmail.com Reporter: dcook@prosentient.com.au CC: m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl Currently, Koha provides Z39.50 searching for bibliographic records but not for authority records. I propose that we create another Z39.50 search interface specifically targeted at searching authority record databases. While they are far less common, they are around: http://www.loc.gov/z3950/lcserver.html (I think this is just a test server. Not sure if they provide access to their production server. Some LOC web sites say no but they might be outdated. OCLC says they provide access to LOC authorities via their service.) http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/services/search/z3950/database-conn... OCLC also provides Z39.50 access to authority files, although like LibrariesAustralia you need to have a login to access them (even the test server, although you can apparently get a login by contacting their support people). https://www.oclc.org/support/services/z3950/documentation/config_guide.en.ht.... Koha can also be used as a public facing Z39.50 authority server, so the possibility to share authority records is out there! -- I think this could be a very useful feature, since there are already lots of authority records out there. This will save people manually creating authority records (which can result in duplicated labour in numerous libraries or authority records of varying quality) or from going into another library catalogue (such as LoC) and manually downloading them then getting Koha sysadmins to upload them via the commandline. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.