Re: dynamic stacks maps?

At Notre Dame, we've managed to link people to the floor level - it's a
start, at least they don't have to go to another URL to find the floor.
Doing this at the shelf level is a bit of a different creature.  We hope
to go live with this in a couple of weeks.  It's tied to a service we
are calling "Get It" at the moment.  It includes links that pre-fill
document delivery requests for faculty, and some experimental services
with reviews from Amazon and looking up the author in Open WorldCat.

The Map/LC parsing had some nuances, but was manageable.  Essentially
we're just looking at a simple MySQL database and some PERL scripts.
The trickiest part was incorporating all of our different locations,
such as branch libraries.  So the script can just take a call number and
find something in the main library or it can take a call number and a
separate library location.  We also had to accommodate the situation
where a single item might be available from multiple libraries (e.g.
main library, engineering, etc.)  This happens often enough.  So the
script can take multiple queries in a single URL.

I am happy to share what we've done offline if anyone is interested.

Regards,

Mark Dehmlow
Electronic Services Librarian

      Electronic Resources and Serials
                 Access Department

115A Hesburgh Library      |  mdehmlow_at_nd.edu
University of Notre Dame   |  voice: (574) 631-3092
Notre Dame, IN 46556       |  fax:   (574) 631-6772






Joe Ryan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are considering building a dynamic book stack map application, linked
> to our catalog, that would show a color-coded map of what region of the
> stacks a given book is in.
>
> I am writing to see if anyone here has seen or developed any dynamic map
> applications used for library stacks. I'd like to see some examples for
> some inspiration, and I'd like to hear about any experiences that you've
> all had when building these applications.
>
> Thank you,
> Joe
>
> --
> Joseph Ryan
> Digital Projects Librarian
> NCSU Libraries
> (919) 513-0346
> joseph_ryan_at_ncsu.edu
>