[OAI-implementers] OAI and Z39.50 or SRU

[Thomas G. Habing]

Leslie Johnston wrote:
> I am now considering this same topic that was raised on this list a year 
> ago.  I'm not looking to make a Z39.50 resource available as OAI, I'm 
> wondering if I can additionally expose an existing OAI data provider 
> using Z39.50 or SRU.  It's one of many ideas we're bouncing around for 
> setting up a metasearch target for a particular collection.
> 
> At 05:21 PM 5/27/2006, Steven Bird wrote:
>> The LOC Z39.50 site [1] lists an OAI/Z39.50 gateway, and links to [2]
>> (dated March 2003).  However, this latter site doesn't seem to exist
>> any more.  

If it would be useful, here is a new URL for [2]:

http://gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/oai_z3950/

Kind regards,
	Tom

Can anyone tell me if there is an OAI gateway to Z39.50, or
>> better still, an aggregation service over libraries [3] that exposes
>> oai_dc records?  I'm aware of WorldCat, but it looks like there's only
>> a one-directional flow of information from OAI to WorldCat.  Thanks
>> for any advice.
>>
>> [1] http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/profiles/profiles.html
>> [2] http://frasier.library.uiuc.edu/research.htm
>> [3] http://www.loc.gov/z3950/
>>
>> -Steven Bird
>>
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Thomas G. Habing
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign