[ipac] z39.50 search of my HIP/Horizon

[Natasha Stephan]

Hi Jonathan,
You might want to talk to John Craig.  He developed a way to put our
serials holdings info in the bib (in MARC21-ish format)... granted, that
was in a copy of the bib we were exporting, but still his experience
might help.
Good luck,
Natasha

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipac-bounces at lists.tblc.org [mailto:ipac-bounces at lists.tblc.org]
On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:37 AM
> To: Dynix's Horizon Information Portal,formerly iPac (discussion)
> Subject: Re: [ipac] z39.50 search of my HIP/Horizon
> 
> Hmm, thanks for the information, that's unfortunate. In particular, I
> really want to expose serials coverage/holding information which is
> currently not exposed by the z server at all.
> 
> Since I'm doing this for client software I myself am going to be
> writing, I guess the alternative is to do a z39.50 search, get the
> bib#s, and then use the &GetXML trick to get the XML for a bib record,
> which will have the info I need (Albeit in a _ridiculous_ XML format,
as
> anyone who's ever tried to work with it has discovered).
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> Natasha Stephan wrote:
> > Sadly, either the knowledge within SirsiDynix or the ability to
share
> > such information is severely lacking.  I have submitted many logs
about
> > the fields returned by a search of our database using our zserver,
but
> > never got a satisfactory response.
> >
> > There are some fields in the HIP setup that look like they might be
> > used, but I'm not sure.  Here's what I wrote about that (to
SirsiDynix):
> >
> >
> >> You state that the zserver Fixed Elements in the item and copy
displays
> >>
> >
> >
> >> are for clients such as URSA.  We do not use URSA - what other
> >>
> > "specific"
> >
> >> clients are they used by?  Why are do they refer to the wrong part
of
> >>
> > the
> >
> >> opac circ record?  (The copy location has a Fixed Element which is
> >>
> > called
> >
> >> "ZServer Opac CircRecord - restrictions.")  I have heard from a
patron
> >> using our zserver that the information put out by our zserver does
not
> >> appear in the right places in their zclient.  It seems to me that
I've
> >> found the reason!
> >>
> >
> > And here's their response:
> >
> >
> >> This information has been passed onto the Documentation team.  I do
not
> >>
> >
> >
> >> have a list of zClients that require these specific fixed elements
but
> >> they are required for zServer to function.  The fixed elements are
> >>
> > created
> >
> >> automatically by the installation and I have heard of no cases
where
> >>
> > they
> >
> >> were setup incorrectly.   If you are having an issue with a
specific
> >> client I can look at from the iPac side but I can not troubleshoot
a
> >>
> > third
> >
> >> party client.
> >>
> >
> > That's all I got.
> > Natasha
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ipac-bounces at lists.tblc.org
[mailto:ipac-bounces at lists.tblc.org]
> >>
> > On
> >
> >> Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:30 AM
> >> To: Dynix's Horizon Information Portal,formerly iPac (discussion)
> >> Subject: [ipac] z39.50 search of my HIP/Horizon
> >>
> >> Is there any way to customize what fields are included in the
> >> information the z-server includes? I want to add some bib and item
> >> record fields that do not seem to currently be there. I can see how
I
> >> add searchable idexes to the z39.50 server, but it's not clear to
me
> >>
> > if
> >
> >> it's possible (by documented feature or hack! I'll take what I can
> >>
> > get)
> >
> >> to customize the results returned.
> >>
> >> Any advice?
> >>
> >> Jonathan
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> Jonathan Rochkind
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> The Sheridan Libraries
> Johns Hopkins University
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