THE SBN VIRTUAL CATALOG: a cross searching implementation

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THE SBN VIRTUAL CATALOGa cross searching
implementation

• Claudia Parmeggiani
• ICCU
• (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle
  Biblioteche Italiane e per le Informazioni
  Bibliografiche)
• http//www.iccu.sbn.it
• c.parmeggiani_at_iccu.sbn.it
• San Antonio, January 2000

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SBN NETWORK

• 37 local nodes
• 800 libraries cooperating
• Union Catalogue
• 4 ml. records
• 7,5 ml locations
• 60.000 daily access

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COMPONENTS

• Conversion Tools SBN/UNIMARC
• IR database
• Z3950 server
• HTTP/Z3950 gateway
• Z3950 client GUI SBNZeta
• WWW ILL server HTML and XML interfaces

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Vendors

• HardwareIBM 7013-J30 RISC 6000
• System IBM AIX 4.1.5
• DBMS BASIS Plus
• Zgateway,Zserver,Zdriver Basis plus ZETASuite
  Finsiel

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Z39.50 Profiles supported

• Z39.50 over TCP
• ATS-1
• ONE-2
• Bath
• SBN
• Z39.50/ILL Profile 2

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ILL SERVICE FOR SBN

• internet ILL service for SBN network
• integration of ILL service with the SBN Union
  Catalogue and the local OPACs
• acceptance of ILL requests from libraries
  registered, not only SBN but worldwide
• use of open technology platforms which are
  scalable, portable and easily extendable

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ILL System components

• Central ILL Server
• HTML interface for end users and librarians
• XML interfaces for other systems interconnection

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ILL SERVER UTILITIES

• Authentication and identification of registered
  libraries
• Administrative profiles (price lists, services
  ..) of the registered libraries
• Transaction tracking based on ISO ILL standard
• User request logging
• Accounting data for exchange with the banking
  system

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