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Using the UNICORN z39.50 Server in a CLUMP Project Jonathan Field – Technical Services Manager - SIRSI Ltd
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What is a CLUMP? Co-operative agreement Large scale resource sharing Research Project
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Music Libraries Online Royal Academy of Music (UNICORN) Trinity College of Music (UNICORN) Guildhall School of Music & Drama (UNICORN) Royal College of Music (UNICORN)
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M25 Link Project London School of Economics (UNICORN) Brunel University (UNICORN) London Business School (UNICORN) Queen Mary & Westfield (UNICORN)
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Cairns Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh (UNICORN)
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RIDING Leeds Metropolitan University (UNICORN)
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Problems Different implementations/interpretations of the standard (e.g cross referencing - M25 Link)
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Problems.. Different bibliographic standards –UKMARC/USMARC –Character sets –local fields
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Problems …. Searching specific material types –Book or score? –Searching individual libraries in a consortium system
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Problems ……. Sending tags/labels –no field label definitions –all fields sent –holdings fields
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Solutions MARC harmonisation (MARC 21) Additions to the standard (e.g Bib-1 attributes, holdings schema) Define profiles –The Bath Profile
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Why a Profile? Implementation options Open to interpretation False hits No hits!
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The Bath Profile Searching & retrieving easier More accurate search results Better precision Helps CLUMPS!
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Implementing The Bath Profile Upgrades to target and client software –Unicorn 2001 Reconfiguring your target Re-indexing catalogue
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Module Configuration
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Keyword Index Policy
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Implementing Holdings p.217-221 99.2 Release Notes 926 and 927 fields z39.50/catalog Formts Real-time holdings
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UNICORN system
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M25 Link
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Using the UNICORN z39.50 Server in a CLUMP Project Jonathan Field – Technical Services Manager - SIRSI Ltd
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