| Time |
S |
Nick |
Message |
| 12:38 |
|
FrankW |
Folks, I'm interested to know if Koha supports Z39.50 as a server (ie. others able to search the collection in Koha). |
| 12:38 |
|
paul |
wait a mn (/me on phone) |
| 12:42 |
|
hdl |
FrankW: Yes. |
| 12:42 |
|
hdl |
for Title isbn and author research. |
| 12:42 |
|
hdl |
(version 2.2.5) |
| 12:43 |
|
FrankW |
hdl: Ah excellent! |
| 12:43 |
|
FrankW |
But not based on title, or other fields? |
| 12:44 |
|
FrankW |
I know relatively little about Z39.50, but I was informed by the librarian that I am hoping to help that it is used for inter-library searches within the county. |
| 12:44 |
|
hdl |
<FrankW> But not based on title, or other fields? <------what do you mean ? |
| 12:45 |
|
hdl |
when you are searching a catalogue, you often provide some field to search in. |
| 12:45 |
|
FrankW |
hdl: Perhaps my question doesn't make sense because I don't understand Z39.50 well. |
| 12:46 |
|
FrankW |
Garr ... I see you already mentioned titles. |
| 12:46 |
|
FrankW |
Please ignore my followup question. |
| 12:47 |
|
hdl |
FrankW: version 2.2.7 implied a change in Z3950 module. |
| 12:47 |
|
hdl |
So some things should certainly have to be modified for z3950 server to work. |
| 12:48 |
|
FrankW |
Does this mean that 2.2.7 is less functional with regard to Z3950? Or more? |
| 12:48 |
|
FrankW |
(compared to the 2.2.5 you mentioned earlier) |
| 12:50 |
|
hdl |
Z3950 server is quite rarely used. |
| 12:50 |
|
hdl |
(among our customers.) |
| 12:51 |
|
FrankW |
So perhaps I should consider this aspect still fairly experimental or rough around the edges? |
| 12:51 |
|
hdl |
And when we changed z3950 client not to rely on module Event any longer, we did not upgraded server. |
| 12:51 |
|
hdl |
FrankW: Not at all. It works. |
| 12:52 |
|
hdl |
with 2.2.5 and is used in production for some of our customers. |
| 12:53 |
|
hdl |
but time to upgrade to 227 hasnot come yet for those. |
| 12:54 |
|
FrankW |
Ah, ok. |
| 12:54 |
|
FrankW |
My next question, if I may, relates to bar codes. |
| 12:55 |
|
FrankW |
Is there any special bar code reader interfacing needed in Koha, or is this completely distinct? |
| 12:55 |
|
FrankW |
Not knowing anything about barcode readers, I had at first assumed there was some need for specific bar code reader drivers or something. |
| 12:56 |
|
FrankW |
But now I am getting the impression the barcode readers just spit out text (almost as if it had come from a keyboard) and Koha needs no special device support for them. Is that right? |
| 13:08 |
|
hdl |
FrankW: No special device needed. (special perl module though) |
| 13:09 |
|
hdl |
But it is more convenient when you use wedge barcode reader. |
| 13:10 |
|
hdl |
some perl modules are needed only to generate barcodes. |
| 13:11 |
|
hdl |
wedge barcode reader are quite a pain to configure sometimes. But there seems to be always a solution. |
| 13:12 |
|
hdl |
(barcodes norms are a pain in the neck. There are plenty of them and your reader has to be taught which norm to be aware of) |
| 13:13 |
|
FrankW |
I'm looking at helping my local village library upgrade, by the way. They are still running some sort of DOS software from the late 80's or so. |
| 13:21 |
|
FrankW |
I am a reasonably competent linux and open source developer, though no perl nor library guru. |
| 13:28 |
|
hdl |
(i read the logs and you told so) |
| 13:49 |
|
FrankW |
Thank you very much for your help hdl! |
| 13:50 |
|
hdl |
your welcom |
| 01:05 |
|
mason |
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| 01:18 |
|
waylon |
okay.. yahoo. defense of koha sent. |
| 01:18 |
|
waylon |
1 week since i sent the request for quote to Access IT Software, for their system... no response. |
| 01:48 |
|
waylon |
does anyone know what happened to the search bar i developed, for the opac? |
