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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone tell me if there is a recommended means
for searching an OAI repository? Z3.50, SRW...?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How are most repositories
cross-searched?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also are most repositories open to searching (by
users, not harvesting) or do they require authentication?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Howard Noble<BR>Educational Interoperability
Specialist</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oxford University, Learning Technologies Group
(LTG)<BR>13 Banbury Rd, Oxford. OX2 6NN. England<BR>Tel. +44 (0)1865 273211
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