Accessing the National Art Library catalogues using a Z39.50 server
The National Art Library's Online Catalogue is available via a web interface and a Z39.50 server. Z39.50 is an international standard that enables computers and databases in different libraries to communicate with each other, regardless of the hardware and software in use in each library. This page gives some technical information for users wishing to search the catalogue using the Z39.50 method.
Z39.50 server information
| Parent institution | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Target institution | National Art Library |
| Target institution web site | http://www.vam.ac.uk/nal |
| Databases available | Catalogue |
| Internet address | catalogue.nal.vam.ac.uk |
| Z39.50 port | 210 |
| Database software | Horizon |
| 39.50 Version | 3 |
| Services supported | Init, Search, Present, Scan |
| Attribute set | Bib-1 |
| Record type | MARC21 |
| Use attributes | (See table below) |
Use attributes
| Attribute name | Value | Notes |
| Name: personal | 1 | All names, including names as subject |
| Name: corporate | 2 | Ditto |
| Name: conference | 3 | Ditto |
| Title | 4 | All titles, including series titles in keyword searches |
| Title-uniform | 6 | Prefer value 4 |
| ISBN | 7 | |
| ISSN | 8 | |
| Control number: local | 12 | NAL manuscript nos., inventory nos., etc. |
| Classification: local | 20 | NAL pressmark |
| Subject | 21 | Library of Congress and NAL subject headings, excluding names |
| LC Subject headings | 27 | Library of Congress subject headings only |
| Subject: local | 29 | Library of Congress and NAL subject headings, excluding names |
| NAL Bibliographic record number | 52 | |
| Identifier: local-call | 53 | NAL pressmark |
| Name: geographic | 58 | NAL local subject terms, including places |
| Place of publication | 59 | |
| Note | 63 | MARC 5XX |
| Name | 1002 | All names, including names as subject |
| Author: name | 1003 | ditto |
| Author-name: personal | 1004 | ditto |
| Author-name: corporate | 1005 | ditto |
| Author-name: conference | 1006 | ditto |
| Identifier: standard | 1007 | ISBN/ISSN |
| Any | 1016 | General keyword index |
| Name: publisher | 1018 | MARC 260$b |
| NAL Barcode number | 1062 | |
| Number: local-call-copy-specific | 1063 | NAL pressmark |
| DC-Title | 1097 | All titles, including series titles |
| DC-Creator | 1098 | All names, including names as subject |
| DC-Subject | 1099 | NAL local subject terms, excluding names |
| DC-Publisher | 1101 | MARC 260$b |
| DC-Other contributor | 1106 | All names, including names as subject |
| Sale catalogue title | 5004 | |
| Sale catalogue keywords | 5016 | Includes auction house names, sale titles and sale dates. For the dates, the format is YYYYMMDD (e.g. 19971102). Some entries have start and end dates (YYYYMMDD YYYYMMDD). For best results use an asterisk as a truncation symbol (eg. 19971102* christie*). |
| Sale catalogue place | 5059 | Place of sale, or publication place |
| Sale catalogue name | 5102 | Auction house names, plus some former owners |
Further information
For a list of other UK library catalogues available using Z39.50, see the UK Z39.50 directory. For more information about Z39.50 itself, see the pages maintained by the Z39.50 Maintenance Agency.
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