Yes, but only if the server you are using supports the z39.50 extended attributes. However, few commercial ils systems seem to support it by default.
Tr ***************************** Terry Reese Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services 121 Valley Library Corvallis, OR 97331 phone: 541.737.6384 ***************************** -----Original Message----- From: Eric Lease Morgan Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 12:16 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] z39.50 and write operations Does Z39.50 support write operations? We here at Notre Dame may be working with a vendor in the near future who will be reading our MARC bibliographic records via Z39.50. I have also been told, not necessarily by the vendor, that these same records will be updated and reinserted back into our catalog by the vendor. I am quite familiar with Z39.50's ability to search and download content, but I am not familiar with its ability to write back to the server. Is this possible? -- Eric Lease Morgan University of Notre Dame