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    Search in Library of Congress is not working - "LOC:z39.50 gate error:Connection refused by the Z39.50 target."

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    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20, 21, 22, 23

    Description

    Search in library of congress via z39.50 is not working

    ./alephe/tab/z39_gate/ z39_gate_LOC.conf

    The search resulted with the following error messages:

    LOC:z39.50 gate error:Connection refused by the Z39.50 target.

    Resolution

    In   ./alephe/tab/z39_gate/ z39_gate_LOC.conf
    1. Changes From
    > hostname z3950.loc.gov:7090
    To
    < hostname lx2.loc.gov:210

    2. And from
    > database Voyager
    To
    < database LCDB

     


    • Article last edited: 08-Mar-2018
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