Z39.50 Differences on ITS.MARC Servers
ITS / LS vs. BiblioFile
TLC has two ITS.MARC servers for delivery of MARC records to
customers. The first one, located at Z39.50.itsmarc.com, is optimized for
use by ITS for Windows and Library.Solution users. The second one --
Z3950.library.com -- is optimized for BiblioFile users.
The original server (Z39.50.itsmarc.com) supports alphabetic
("begins-with") searching for ISBN, LCCN, UPC, and other numeric searches, and
keyword ("contains") searches for title, author, subject, or other text type
searches. It does not support alphabetic searches of text fields, commonly
desired by ITS and L.S users. The BiblioFile server (Z3950.library.com) supports
these searches, and also supports searches and a number of fine-tuned search
types popular with advanced users.
If you would like to use of some of these advanced search types,
see ITS.MARC Z39.50 Configuration Settings for
BiblioFile. You will have to set up specific profiles for this purpose,
using the settings listed. However, to give you a jump start, we have created a
few profiles with some of the more popular options. These are available for
download on the Shared Tips page.
For a list of the proper attribute settings on the old server,
see ITS.MARC Z39.50 Configuration Settings. If you are
searching for authority records, see the separate Z39.50 settings for TLC Authorities.
Library Support
If you have any questions about using either ITS.MARC
server via
Z39.50, please call TLC Support at 800-852-4911 or
304-229-0100
.
You may also e-mail your questions to 
