[12050] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
New Z39.50 Resource from NISO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pat Harris)
Wed Mar 4 20:27:46 1998
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 16:54:15 -0600
From: Pat Harris <pharris@niso.org>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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UP AND RUNNING: IMPLEMENTING Z39.50 is the latest title to be published
>by NISO Press and is now available for purchase. Up and Running:
>Implementing Z39.50 is the edited proceedings of a Z39.50 symposium
>sponsored by the State Library of Iowa held November 26,1996.
>
>Six articles explain how the standard works and illustrate how
>25 Iowa libraries have used the standard to link their catalogs.
>Featured articles and authors include:
>
> Fay Turner, "Z39.50: the Basics"
> Ray Denenberg, "A Technical overview of Z39.50"
> Lawrence Woods, "Z39.50 in the Virtual Electronic Library"
> Ralph LeVan, "The Virtual Union Catalog"
> Elizabeth Forney, "Implementing Z39.50: The SILO Experience
>
> A summary of the vendor panel discussion on the standard with
> representatives from Ameritech, DRA, GEAC, III, TLC, OCLC,
> and Winnebago Software, completes the book.
>
>This title can be ordered from NISO Press, 1-800-282-6476/niso or
>301-567-9522, Fax 301-567-9553. Visa and MC are accepted.
>
>**************
>Up and Running: Implementing Z39.50. Edited by Sara L. Randall.
>ISBN: 1-880124-33-5. 64 pages. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press.
>Cost: $35.00 (US)
>Order from:
>NISO Press Fulfillment
>P.O. Box 338
>Oxon Hill, MD 20750-0338 USA
>Telephone: 800-282-6476 (US/Canada) or 301-567-9522
>Fax: 301-567-9553
>Email: nisopress@niso.org
>**************
>
>Please share this message with your colleagues and other lists that are
>interested in Z39.50 and library automation. Thank you!
>
>
>National Information Standards Organization
>4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300
>Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
>T: 301-654-2512
>Fax: 301-654-1721
>Email: nisohq@niso.org
>url: http://www.niso.org/
>To order a NISO Standard call 1-800-282-NISO
>
>
Pat Harris, Executive Director
National Information Standards Organization
4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
Telephone: 301-654-2512
Fax: 301-654-1721
Email: pharris@niso.org
url: www.niso.org
