Ben, That was the pretty much the same question I posed in an email to the "Softcopy Librarian" support email address about a month or so ago but I have yet to receive any reply. In their defense, they do warn you that support via email is on a strictly "as available" basis.
Geoff, Is it possible for Softcopy Librarian to access the shelves at https://www.ibm.com/support/libraryserver/library directly? I tried several ways to set up that address as a new Softcopy Librarian "internet resource" (including manual editing of the XML file to eliminate the extra default HTTP address that Softcopy Librarian seems to add when you use the menu system), but nothing lets me access that website from Softcopy Librarian. You have at least several interested parties out here, so a method or workaround to permit the access would be much appreciated! Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Benjamin Huntsman Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2019 3:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Library Server Being Replaced Clarification Hello! Thanks for the reply! So, I have a really dumb question that will expose the fact that I don't know anything about how to use Softcopy Librarian, but hopefully may help someone else also. Normally, I'd go investigate, but since there's a time crunch here, I thought I'd ask around... So, for example, (and only because it's the first one in the list... not really that interested in it specifically), when I go to the Shelves section of https://www.ibm.com/support/libraryserver/library, I see the shelf for "Shelf: 2210 and NWays Multiprotocol Routing Services Release 2.1". I can browse into it, and see at the bottom of the page that the path to the .BKS file is "/home/webapps/zoslib/htdocs/bkshelf/E2F0BK08.BKS". I can go to the IBM Publications Site and search for that shelf, and it finds it, but I can't download it. I can however download the individual .boo files. If I go into Softcopy Librarian and point it at publib.boulder.ibm.com, it comes up with some product categories, but they're all for current products only. How do I access the older stuff? Thanks so much! -Ben ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Geoff Smith <gksm...@us.ibm.com> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 9:37 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Library Server Being Replaced Clarification Hi Ben. The Library Server site is being shutdown. We are planning a redirect to the new Archive site. Regarding downloads, IBM Softcopy Librarian (SCL) is the way to receive all the BookManager content. SCL downloads, the books, shelves, indices, extended shelves and pdfs. I suggest downloading the entire Softcopy kit of whatever you are interested in. I have downloaded all the available BookManager Collections and I'm hosting them with an internal Library Server. As you download make sure you rebuild the collection catalog and filter on new or updated. I hope this was helpful. Regards, Geoff Smith IBM Content Design and Development -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
