ZACK News

Aug 2023

• Öffentl. Bibliotheken GBV target supports MAB2 format as well
• Staatsbibliothek Berlin target supports MAB2 format as well
• Südwestdeutscher Verbund target supports MAB2 format as well

Oct 2022

• The ZACK Gateway moved to a new server

Jan 2022

• New database Staatsbibliothek Berlin (stabikat)
• Spring cleanup - remove dead targets and links
• the Österreichischer Bibl.-Verbund (OEBV) is back and now using the SRU interface

Nov 2021

• the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) and Zeitschriftendatenbank Sigel (ZDB BIB) are now using the SRU interface

Oct 2021

• remove stale Z39.50 targets
• minor style changes
• response time are now in milliseconds instead seconds
• Wikipedia article about ZACK

Sep 2021

• the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) is working again
• New database Gemeinsame Verbündeindex (GVI)

Dec 2020

• enable new server for swisscovery (SLSP), which will replace the NEBIS service

Oct 2019

• Happy Birthday! The ZACK Gateway is now 20 years old (14-Oct-1999).

May 2019

• New database GVK7

March 2019

• New database K10plus

Oct 2018

• The HEBIS switched to a new MARC21 database

Apr 2018

• New databases from DNB: Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (DNB) Katalog des Deutschen Musikarchivs (DMA), Authorities: Katalog der Gemeinsamen Normdatei (GND)
• The DNB switched to a new SRU/MARC21 database

Apr 2017

• The KOBV switched to a new MARC21 database

Mar 2017

• you can access now ZACK with HTTPS

Jan 2017

• server upgrade to a faster machine