Hi, Georgette.
The short answer to your question is yes.
If I recall correctly, OCLC is one of the default Z39.50 targets that
ships with an out-of-the-box installation of Evergreen. We don't use
it here in British Columbia, but I'm pretty sure it's where Georgia
PINES gets their records.
Brandon
Quoting Georgette Rogers <[email protected]>:
Can records be imported from OCLC? That is where we retrieve our
records now.
Thank you
Georgette
Georgette Rogers
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Liberty Lake Municipal Library
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Liberty Lake, WA 99019
509-435-0778
1-866-729-8507
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From: [email protected]
[[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Duimovich, George [[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:01 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting z39.50 imports
Hello Raymond,
The previously attached txt file included instructions for using the
Yaz client to test the Z server & show output from your Z39.50
target(s). The Yaz client is stand-alone and doesn't by itself
import records into Evergreen. Its main use for most of us is to
test connections to z servers so you can rule out some other Z39.50
client (like Evergreen) from the troubleshooting equation.
To import records, you'll have to ensure you have your targets
configured in Evergreen (config.z3950_source & config.z3950_attr
tables). There's an interface for the former (Server Administration
> Z39.50 Servers) and the interface for the latter is forthcoming
(but easy enough to enter / insert into that *_attr table).
Once your target(s) are entered, then use Cataloging > Import
Records from Z39.50. More details here:
http://www.in.gov/library/files/Cataloging_Training_Manual_Chapter12.pdf
Hope that helps..
George
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Raymond Norton
Sent: June 14, 2010 11:32
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting z39.50 imports
Thank you.
I am able to do a basic search now and need to do a test record
import into our new system. I am not seeing the command to do this
in the text file.
What would the syntax be to import the following record from my
search at library.usc.edu?
"650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1933-1945) $z Germany."
On 6/11/2010 2:05 PM, Duimovich, George wrote:
Hello Raymond,
Please see attached .txt file for sample session in Yaz. Once you
have the Yaz client installed, you work off of command line
interface. In windows, Yaz opens up a command prompt like window
with a Z> prompt.
It's a very useful tool to troubleshoot what you're getting from a
Z39.50 server -- in our case, it came in very useful recently to
determine that the output format from one of our Z39.50 targets was
sending us some bad data (in turn helping us determine what needed
to be fixed was not in Evergreen but in an external system, etc.)
Good luck!
George
George Duimovich
NRCan Library / Bibliothèque de RNCan
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Raymond Norton
Sent: June 11, 2010 14:47
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Network errors when attempting
z39.50 imports
I cleared the logs, and only get this one error when attempting to
import a record from LOC:
grep ERR /openils/var/log/*.log
/openils/var/log/osrfsys.log:open-ils.cstore 2010-06-11 13:41:41
[ERR :3228:oils_cstore.c:5045:127628152433102] open-ils.cstore
ERROR No "datatype" attribute for field "tcn_value"
No other errors pop up until the import is attempted.
I have zero experience with the yaz-client. Would you have know
what the command would be to import a a test record via yaz?
On 6/11/2010 10:53 AM, Jason Etheridge wrote:
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Raymond Norton<[email protected]> wrote:
As a test, I logged into an evergreen demo system and imported a
record from
LOC. Minutes later, I attempted to import the same record into my system,
but no go.
I'd still be tempted to use yaz-client from your server to see if
there a connection problem (firewall, etc.) between your server and
their Z39.50 server.
Wow, didn't realize there would be so many logs. Which one should I be
tailing to troubleshoot this?
I'd grep all of them like so:
grep \\[ERR /openils/var/log/*
Anything that matches is bad and noteworthy.
Generally osrfsys.log is a good one to be following.
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