Re: Open Library Internet Archive BookReader

From: Julien Sicot <julien.sicot_at_nyob>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 09:36:00 +0200
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Hi,

We also use it as a plugin of Omeka (http://omeka.org/).
Code is on GitHub : https://github.com/jsicot/BookReader
Example : http://bibnum.univ-rennes2.fr/items/show/569

Julien Sicot
Systems Librarian
Université Rennes 2



Le vendredi 31 mai 2013 à 22:16, David Riordan a écrit :

> Starting to use it at NYPL. Sadly there's been very little core activity on the project since late 2010. Could really stand to have a new vigorous core maintainer.  
> —
> Sent from Mailbox for iPad
>  
> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Rhoads, Joseph <joseph_rhoads_at_brown.edu (mailto:joseph_rhoads_at_brown.edu)>
> wrote:
>  
> > We also use the Open Library Internet Archive BookReader as one of our book
> > viewers at Brown.
> > https://repository.library.brown.edu/services/book_reader/set/bdr:218476/
> > Another option we've adapted is Portfolio.js which we call the Portfolio
> > Viewer
> > https://repository.library.brown.edu/services/book_reader/portfolio/bdr:218476/
> > This is our current solution for large books with occasional irregularly
> > sized page.
> > Happy to answer questions.
> > -Joseph
> > --
> > Joseph Rhoads
> > Digital Repository Manager
> > Brown University Library
> > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Hicks, William <William.Hicks_at_unt.edu (mailto:William.Hicks_at_unt.edu)>wrote:
> > > We are using it in an edit app on the admin side of the digital libraries
> > > @ UNT.
> > >  
> > > On an expanded note. Does anyone have some success they can share in
> > > regards to serving materials through bookreader where the contained pages
> > > of a single item have variable widths and/or heights? Building off the demo
> > > assumes a fixed width/height ratio, which in our experience is not always
> > > the case (consider the book with the occasional map foldout).
> > >  
> > > In our case we do not know an image's dimensions until it has loaded so we
> > > can't construct an array on the server side to lookup against, and doing so
> > > on page load would charge us a significant penalty for large items (books
> > > with 1000s of pages). My current hack has "auto" filled to the width, which
> > > breaks centering and thumbs, but renders the odd page as legible.
> > >  
> > > So any thoughts/ideas? Thanks in advance!
> > >  
> > > Will
> > >  
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > > John Jung
> > > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 1:34 PM
> > > To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU (mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU)
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Library Internet Archive BookReader
> > >  
> > > We use this software at the University of Chicago Library as well:
> > >  
> > > http://chicagoan.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/mvol-0010-v005-
> > > i08/mvol-0010-v005-i08.xml;brand=default#page/1/mode/1up
> > >  
> > > John Jung
> > > Web Project Manager
> > > University of Chicago Library
> > >  
> > > > On May 30, 2013, at 5:04 PM, "Robinson, Lakeisha"
> > > > <lakeisha.robinson_at_YALE.EDU<mailto:lakeisha.robinson_at_YALE.EDU>> wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > Hello Everyone, is anybody using the Open Library Internet Archive
> > > > BookReader for page turning?
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Received on Sat Jun 01 2013 - 03:36:27 EDT