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Visual Cue
Narration
Slide 1

Title Slide

Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Copy Cataloging using Z39.50
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Learning Objectives

In this tutorial we will learn how to -
  • Add records in catalog by using Z39.50
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System Requirement

To record this tutorial, I am using
  • Ubuntu Linux operating system 16.04
  • Koha version 16.05
Slide 4a

Pre-requisites

To follow this tutorial, learners should have knowledge of-
  • Library Science
  • Cataloging standards
  • AACR2
  • MARC21
Slide 4b

Pre-requisites

To practice this tutorial, you should have Koha installed on your system.

And you should also have Admin access in Koha.

For more details, please refer to the Koha Spoken Tutorial series on this website.

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What is Z39.50?

Z39.50 is:

A client–server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote computer databases.

In short it is a tool used for copy cataloging.

What is Z39.50?

Z39.50 is:

A client–server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote computer databases.

In short, it is a tool used for copying Cataloging.

Show Koha interface >> Login with username and password Let us begin.

First let me switch to the Koha interface and login as Superlibrarian, Bella.

Click on Koha administration On the Koha homepage, click on Koha administration.
Cursor on Koha administration

Cursor on Additional parameters

On this page, scroll to the bottom and locate Additional parameters.
Click on Z39.50/SRU servers Then click on Z39.50/SRU servers.
Cursor on Z39.50/SRU servers administration A new page, Z39.50/SRU servers administration opens up.
Cursor on two tabs-

+New Z39.50 server

+New SRU server

Click on the tab +New Z39.50 server

There are two tabs here-
  • +New Z39.50 server
  • +New SRU server

Click on the tab +New Z39.50 server.

Cursor on New Z39.50 server A new page opens with the title New Z39.50 server.


Note that in order to add target Z39.50 Server, we should know the target server details.

On the browser, I will type- If you don't know any of the Z39.50 server details, you can find the list of Z39.50 servers on this URL.
Cursor on IRSpy The IRSpy page opens up, prompting us to fill in some details.
Let’s begin.
Leave the field (Anywhere) blank Leave the field (Anywhere) as blank.
Type Library of Congress For Name, I will type Library of Congress.

This is because it is one of the biggest library and has a large bibliographical data.

Cursor on Search >> Select United States from the dropdown. Next, in the field for Country, from drop down, select United States.
Cursor on Protocol, from the drop down, select Z39.50 For Protocol, from the drop down, select Z39.50
Narration only You may fill in the rest of the details as per your requirements.
Click on Search Then click on the Search button at the bottom of the page.
Cursor on new window A new page opens with the search results.
Cursor on 9 libraries

Cursor on

Title

Host Connection Reliability[1]

Host

Port

DB

A list of 9 libraries is displayed under various heads such as-

Title

Host Connection Reliability[2]

Host

Port and

DB

These details will be used for filling in the details on the New Z39.50 server in Koha.

Narration only Note that you may see a different list of libraries which may be more than 10.
Slide Remember-

Before adding any target Z39.50 server please ensure the Host Connection Reliability.

Click on the Title : Library of Congress I will click on the Title : Library of Congress.
Cursor on Library of Congress A new page with the heading Library of Congress, opens.

Keep this page open, as we will need the details on this page a little later.

Show New Z39.50 server page. Now, let us go back to the New Z39.50 server page that we had left open earlier in this tutorial.
Show Library of Congress page And start filling in the necessary details on this page.

The details are in the Library of Congress page, which we have kept open.

Narration only So let’s start.
On New Z39.50 server page >> For Server name type Library of Congress On the New Z39.50 server page, for Server name type Library of Congress.
Show the page, Library of Congress >> Cursor on Name This detail is from the section Name in the Library of Congress page.
Highlight:

the New Z39.50 server page

from the Library of Congress page

I have filled in a few other details on-
  • the New Z39.50 server page
  • which I had noted from the Library of Congress page
Cursor details

Hostname z3950.loc.gov

Port 7090

Database voyager

You may pause the video and fill in the details, as per your requirements.


Please note that the fields marked in red are mandatory.

Cursor on Preselected (searched by default): Next, we see the checkbox Preselected (searched by default).

Click this if you want the database of this particular library to be searched always, by default.

I will leave it unchecked.

Cursor on Rank (display order)

Enter 1

Now we come to the field for Rank (display order).

If you want this library to be listed at the top of the list of Libraries, then enter 1 here.

Narration only Note that if you want to add multiple z39.50 targets you can arrange them as per the rank.
Cursor on Syntax

From the drop down select MARC21/USMARC

For Syntax, from the drop down, I will select MARC21/USMARC

You may choose any Syntax as per your requirement.

Cursor on Encoding >>utf8 For Encoding, Koha by default, selects utf8.

I will leave it as it is.

But you may select any other value, as per your requirement.

Cursor on Time out

Enter 240

Next is Time out (0 its like not set).

Here, type the number of seconds that you wish to wait for the results to appear.

I will enter 240.

Cursor on Record type

From the drop down select Bibliographic

For Record type, Koha by default, auto selects Bibliographic.

On doing so, each record will have a Bibliographic detail.

Click on Save at the bottom of the page After all details are filled in, click on the Save button at the bottom of the page.
Cursor on Z39.50/SRU servers administration The page Z39.50/SRU servers administration opens again.
Cursor on different headings-

Target

Hostname

Database

Preselected

Rank

Syntax

Encoding

Record Type

We can see the details that were added under different headings, on this page.
Click on Koha homepage Now, to search records from this library go to the Koha homepage.
Click on Cataloging And click on Cataloging.
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Cursor on +New record and New from Z39.50/SRU

A new page with two options, opens.

+New record

New from Z39.50/SRU

Select New from Z39.50/SRU

from the drop down select BOOKS

Go to New from Z39.50/SRU and from the drop down select BOOKS.
Cursor on Z39.50/SRU search A new window, Z39.50/SRU search opens.
Locate the field Search targets on the extreme right side of the page

Cursor on LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Locate the field Search targets at the extreme right side of the page.

Here, you can see the Z39.50 target that we had added earlier in this tutorial.

i.e. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Click on the checkbox adjacent to LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Now, click on the checkbox adjacent to LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Cursor on Z39.50/SRU search On the left side of the same page is Z39.50/SRU search with various fields.
Cursor on Title

Type Clinical Microbiology

Among these fields, locate Title, and type Clinical Microbiology.

You may fill in the rest of fields, if you wish to.

I will leave them as blank.

Click on Search button Now click on the Search button at the bottom of the page.

Before clicking however, please ensure that you are connected to the Internet.

Cursor on Results

Cursor on

Server

Title

Author

Date

Edition

ISBN

LCCN

MARC

Card

Another new page, Results opens, showing details, with the heading :

Server

Title

Author

Date

Edition

ISBN

LCCN

MARC and

Card

Go to extreme right side

Cursor on Import

Now, go to the extreme right side of the page and locate the field Import.
Click on Import for the first Title:

A concise review of clinical laboratory science

I will click on Import for the field Title: Clinical Microbiology


You may click on Import for any other Title as per your requirement.

Cursor on Add MARC record When Import is clicked, a new window named Add MARC record opens.
Cursor on details Imported from the Library of Congress database

Cursor on the blank field for respective tags

You will see some of the tags that have been Imported from the Library of Congress database.

But, the blank fields for the respective tags have to be filled by you, as per your requirements.

Cursor on details of this page Recall, we have filled in the details of this page in an earlier tutorial.
Cursor on details Pause the video and fill the details.
Click on Save at the top of the page After filling in the details, click on Save button at the top of the page.
Cursor on

Items for A concise review of clinical laboratory science / (Record #49)

A new page, Items for Clinical microbiology by Ross, Philip W., opens.
Cursor on Add item at the bottom of the page Now click on the Add item button at the bottom of the page.
Cursor on Items for Clinical microbiology by Ross, Philip W. (Record #11) The page, Items for Clinical microbiology by Ross, Philip W. (Record #11), opens.
Screenshot With this we have successfully
  • imported the details of the book Clinical microbiology
  • From the Library of Congress into Koha
Narration Only Let us summarize.
Summary

In this tutorial we will learnt how to -

  • How to add records in catalog by using Z39.50
Summary

In this tutorial we will learnt how to -

  • Add records in Catalog by using Z39.50
Assignment-

Add records of a Serial in catalog by using Z39.50

Assignment-

Add records of a Serial in Catalog by using Z39.50

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This is Bella Tony from IIT Bombay signing off.

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