Lee, that was my initial reaction, but searching on 'uhttp' in google
brings up a draft protocol for a 'uhttp'. It's a controlled push http
protocol. I can't think of what you'd need it for now, since RSS feeds do
the same job.
Dan Robinson
HW Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com
On 5 Jul 2006 at 21:38, Lee Gordon wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 08:55:06 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >I have noticed that in some MARC records they have a listing starting with
> >"http". I know that http stands for hypertext transfer protacol, but what
> >does uhttp stand for?
>
> Are you talking about in the MARC record itself?
> Is it an 856 field? This is the Electronic Location field. URLs can
> be placed here and accessed directly from the record on the patron
> screen. The u you see is actually the subfield code--u is for URL.
> 856 u http://www.loc.gov as an example. Perhaps the u is running into
> the http?? This is a very handy field for putting in author websites,
> etc.
>
> If you go to Follett's Tag of the Month site, you can see how to use
> it, and the other subfields that can be used, too.
>
> Lee D. Gordon
> Librarian
>
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