Internet Archive/Biblio

Biblio Z Connnections for Contributors

In order for the Internet Archive to establish a connection to a contributing institution's Z39.50 catalog for bibliographic discovery, we'll need at least the following information:

Z39.50 connection parameters, e.g. (British Library Z39.50 Configuration)

Z server name/address
Database name
Port number/id
Element Set
Record Syntax
Username and password (if necessary)

Z server Bib-1 Attributes, e.g. (Z39.50 connection parameters to Smithsonian Catalogs), see also common Bib-1 Use Attributes, the Bath profile.
A sample picklist for MARC record verification based on the scenario under consideration. This can be a spreadsheet file, or a tab-delimited text file, e.g.

Call No. Bib Id Title Author Publisher Date
F73.3 .W77 1881 1099569 "The memorial history of Boston including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880" Justin Winsor Osgood 1881

F73.3 .Q75 1200078 "A municipal history of the town and city of Boston during two centuries : $b from September 17, 1630, to September 17, 1830" Josiah Quincy C.C. Little and J. Brown 1852

F73.9.I7C9 1889ax 2261218 The story of the Irish in Boston : together with biographical sketches of representative men and noted women James Bernard Cullen J.B. Cullen 1889

Z server technical contact — someone in the systems or IT department that knows about the configuration of the institution's Z server, and the structure of the underlying database, which may be available to help troubleshoot problems retrieving matching records.
Link to libarary OPAC for troubleshooting/verification.

Call No.	Bib Id	Title	Author	Publisher	Date
F73.3 .W77 1881	1099569	"The memorial history of Boston including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880"	Justin Winsor	Osgood	1881
F73.3 .Q75	1200078	"A municipal history of the town and city of Boston during two centuries : $b from September 17, 1630, to September 17, 1830"	Josiah Quincy	C.C. Little and J. Brown	1852
F73.9.I7C9 1889ax	2261218	The story of the Irish in Boston : together with biographical sketches of representative men and noted women	James Bernard Cullen	J.B. Cullen	1889

Ideally, we want to be able to fetch a single record given some unique identifier (typically a "local number") in the target institution's Z server database, so if you have recommendations regarding a mechanism for selecting unique records, please pass that along as well.

Keep in mind that some connections are trivial, and others may require some technical troubleshooting, e.g. modifying the manner in which queries are made to a Z server, or modifying Z server settings to accommodate the scenario under consideration.