[Dtb-talk] Federated z39.50 searches for DAISY books

[Greg Kearney]

I will make note of the out of date records on the web page. I think this points out the problems inherent in union catalogues as they are dependent on the constant flow of updated records into them to be of any use. Federated searches I feel represent a bette approach as each library need only worry about their own record and not those of others.

Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
Email: greg.kearney at guidedogswa.com.au
Email: gkearney at gmail.com

On 07/09/2011, at 3:10 AM, Axtell, Bob wrote:

>     My previous message was rather sloppily written. It should have been stated as follows:
> 
> The listings for Learning Ally (formerly Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) and Bookshare in the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped union catalog are very out of date.  To get up-to-date search results please use the web catalogs of those organizations.
> 
>     My apologies for the poorly proofread prior message. 
> 
> 
> Robert Axtell
> Head, Bibliographic Control Section
> NLS/BPH
> 
> raxt at loc.gov
> (202) 707-9248
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert Charles Axtell
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 12:12 PM
> To: Axtell, Bob; 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
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>     The listings for Learning Ally (formerly Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) and Bookshare on the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped are are very out of date.  To get reliable results please search the web catalogs of these organizations directly.
> 
>     Regards
> 
> 
> Robert Axtell
> Head, Bibliographic Control Section
> NLS/BPH
> 
> raxt at loc.gov
> (202) 707-9248
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Greg Kearney
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 7:05 AM
> To: Axtell, Bob; Alternate Media; Technical Developments Discussion List; Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Federated z39.50 searches for DAISY books
> 
> I have been working some on the federated search system of DAISY and Braille books. This system permits the searching for books across several library systems at the same time. It addresses the issue of how to keep databases up to date. In a federated search system each library maintains it's own z39.50 server on a publicly accessible port. The federated search knows now to connect to each system and can combine the search results for the user.
> 
> Improvements in this version include the return of Vision Australia's library and control of the display of the results with human readable and machine readable MARC record.
> 
> In addition the National Library Service (USA) search can be limited to collections from Bookshare.org, RFBD and other similar collections.
> 
> Finally phase searching can done by entering phases bound in quotes for example "Ethel Turner"
> 
> The federated search can be found at  http://bookservermac.guidedogswa.org/tmp/yaz.php
> 
> If there are any other talking book libraries in the world which would like to take part in this project please contact me. Please feel free to give it a try and let me know what you think. Thank you.
> 
> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
> Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
> Email: greg.kearney at guidedogswa.com.au
> Email: gkearney at gmail.com
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