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Well, as part of the OCKHAM project, we are working on a service which provides Z39.50 access to any OAI-PMH compatible collection. On the upside, there are a lot of OAI-PMH out-of-the box tools to get a collection of non-MARC metadata OAI-PMH compatible; on the downside, it will be at least a couple of months before we have a usable beta with which to start working. So, if you have a tight schedule on this, I would suggest looking at a couple of different Z39.50 tools: Yaz - http://www.indexdata.dk/yaz/ JZKit - http://www.k-int.com/products/jzkit/index.php (Java Z39.50 toolkit) Also, if you are looking for a complete out-of-the-box solution, you might try OCLC's SiteSearch software (now Open Source. It may be overkill, but I thought I'd point it out) - http://www.sitesearch.oclc.org/ -- jf -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ben Ostrowsky Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CODE4LIB] Providing a Z39.50 interface to non-MARC records The visionary gadfly in our office (also known as the Big Boss) asked what would be involved in making the information in a database available through Z39.50. (I'm thinking about the fairly simple SQL database at http://www.pinellascountyhistory.com/ .) I know we'd have to have something that acts as a Z39.50 server, and we'd also have to have something that connects the first something to the backend database, mapping fields. Can anyone suggest toolkits and/or point out things I should be pondering? Ben