What is Z39.50?

Tuesday, 04 March 2008

Z39.50 is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ National Information Standards Organization (NISO) communications protocol. It is used to search and retrieve bibliographic records in online databases of library holdings. It also allows you to download bibliographic records in MARC format and load into your library’s bibliographical database at no cost. For more information, please see The ANSI/NISO Z39.50 Protocol.

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