Integrating Google Book Search content into OPACs

From: Kraus, Hilary <HKRAUS_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 16:41:10 -0500
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Hello,

I chair the committee responsible for customizing the look and feel of
the I-Share OPAC (https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uc), and there's a
lot of interest in our group and related committees for integrating the
Google Book Search content into our system. We're currently purchasing
similar content from Syndetics (book covers, TOCs, etc.), and our goal
would be to offer links to both sources from individual records.

As we determine how best to implement this feature for our users, we're
looking for examples of OPACs that have added buttons or links for the
Google content; if those OPACs also have links to content from
additional providers, so much the better.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,
Hilary Kraus,
DePaul University Libraries
I-Share Users' Group OPAC Team
Received on Wed May 14 2008 - 16:19:58 EDT