Tag Archives: Z39.50

MarcEdit 5.1 Update

Posted on 2 March 2009 by Rick Mason

Terry Reese has released an updated version of MarcEdit 5.1, and there are a few interesting additions: Improved support for Enterprise users (large organizations). Multiple Z39.50 querying capabilities. Tutorials hosted on YouTube. Improved UTF-8 loading (as in Faster). ‡biblios.net proof … Continue reading →

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OCLC Policy – Final Report to the ARL Board

Posted on 21 February 2009 by Rick Mason

The ARL’s Ad Hoc Task Force has submitted their final report (pdf) on the OCLC license policy change, and there is a great deal of constructive advice for OCLC to use.  The report’s Summary of Recommendations: OCLC needs to develop … Continue reading →

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OCLC Proposed Policy Text

Posted on 3 November 2008 by Rick Mason

As an accompaniment to this and this, I am including the text of OCLC’s proposed policy which was posted briefly yesterday before being removed and replaced with “We are reconsidering some aspects of the policy. More information will be available … Continue reading →

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