Introduction to the use of protocols SRU/SRW: tools for cooperative cataloging

Abstract

The article presents and discusses the use of Search and Retrieve URL (SRU) / Search and Retrieve Web Service (SRW) protocols, both developed and maintained by the Library of Congress in the United States. The SRU/SRW is a new draft protocol based on the already widespread Z39.50 protocol, whose purpose is to facilitate the development of solutions for shares of cooperative cataloging of bibliographic information. It also presents some examples of applications and identifies the lack of production on the subject in specialized journals.