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Abstract
Historically, the IBM Softcopy Librarian was used to manage PDFs, BookManager® softcopy books, and shelves you received from IBM and from other companies.
Version 5 extended support to include Knowledge Center Content plug-ins.
2017 MARKED THE LAST DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT USING SOFTCOPY LIBRARIAN.
New options for accessing and acquiring IBM's z/OS documentation are provided.
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Your new options for accessing z/OS publications, are discussed on the z/OS Internet Library page :
( https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zosInternetLibrary )
z/OS Knowledge Center Content for use with z/OS base product KC4z is distributed by downloading from https directory: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/z/zos/sftp/kc/
z/OS Knowledge Center Content for use with z/OS base product KC4z is distributed by downloading from https directory: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/z/zos/sftp/kc/
Refer to the readme.txt and receive.sh files in that directory for directions and a tool to transfer content to usable directories when you run KC4z on your z/OS system.
Historically, you could use Softcopy Librarian to set up and maintain PDF and BookManager book repositories from different sources. You can obtain and transfer shelves of books and shelves of PDFs from:
CD collections, the IBM PUBLIB website, or from a local hard disk drive.
Note: In general, using the Internet to obtain books from IBM might be slower than using CDs. We recommend that you use the IBM CD-ROM collections for the normal quarterly refreshes, and use the Internet only for updating your repositories between quarters with latest releases or a few critically important bookshelves.
The Softcopy Librarian keeps a catalog of all the book, PDF, and shelf files that you send to your repository from any level of a CD, from your local hard disk drive, or from the IBM PUBLIB website. When a new level of a bookshelf arrives, on a new CD or at the PUBLIB website, the SoftCopy Librarian compares it and its contents with the catalog and shows you whether it is new or changed since the last level you received. You see at a glance which shelves on a CD or at the PUBLIB website are currently in your repository.
CD collections, the IBM PUBLIB website, or from a local hard disk drive.
Note: In general, using the Internet to obtain books from IBM might be slower than using CDs. We recommend that you use the IBM CD-ROM collections for the normal quarterly refreshes, and use the Internet only for updating your repositories between quarters with latest releases or a few critically important bookshelves.
The Softcopy Librarian keeps a catalog of all the book, PDF, and shelf files that you send to your repository from any level of a CD, from your local hard disk drive, or from the IBM PUBLIB website. When a new level of a bookshelf arrives, on a new CD or at the PUBLIB website, the SoftCopy Librarian compares it and its contents with the catalog and shows you whether it is new or changed since the last level you received. You see at a glance which shelves on a CD or at the PUBLIB website are currently in your repository.
Support for IBM Softcopy Librarian is by email at bookmgr@us.ibm.com.
IBM Softcopy Reader is required to read BookManager books. You can download Softcopy Reader from the following site: IBM Softcopy Reader for Windows V4.0
Prerequisites
Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista at Service Pak 2 or greater, Windows XP at Service Pak 3 or greater.
Installation Instructions
Download the file and run the executable ebrsclwj_511.exe.
Note:
V4.4 or later is required for support on Microsoft Windows 7.
V4.6 is the successor to V4.4 (there is no V4.5)
In IBM Softcopy Librarian V4.3 and later, the sources.fil and repository.fil, now reside in the output directory.
On Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Vista the default directory for these files is:
<x>:\Users\<User ID>\AppData\Roaming\IBM\ibm softcopy librarian\output
(<x> is the drive where the 'Users' directory is installed by Windows)
Note:
V4.4 or later is required for support on Microsoft Windows 7.
V4.6 is the successor to V4.4 (there is no V4.5)
In IBM Softcopy Librarian V4.3 and later, the sources.fil and repository.fil, now reside in the output directory.
On Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Vista the default directory for these files is:
<x>:\Users\<User ID>\AppData\Roaming\IBM\ibm softcopy librarian\output
(<x> is the drive where the 'Users' directory is installed by Windows)
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29 April 2022
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