Re: Getting started with Z39.50

On Apr 6, 2017, at 4:44 PM, charles hobbs via perl4lib =
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello all....I haven't posted here for a long time, but have been =
doing lots of interesting stuff with MARC/Perl....
>=20
> I would like to know an easy way to get started with Z39.50. (For =
example, how to get MARC records from the LC, NLM, etc. servers)
> Anyone have some program segments they would be willing to share?
>=20
> Thanks for your time and help.


Here is a link to a simple (read, =E2=80=9Crudimentary=E2=80=9D) Z39.50 =
search interface:

  http://sites.nd.edu/emorgan/2013/11/fun/

But I=E2=80=99m sure your mileage will vary.

If you are comfortable with Perl, then I suggest you play with Yaz/Zoom:

  http://search.cpan.org/~mirk/Net-Z3950-ZOOM/

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Eric Morgan