Simple textual links at this point on our III catalog.
I think Google has specific rules about how they want buttons/graphics
to look...
A few examples of our integration:
http://kentlink.kent.edu/search/Xnativism
http://kentlink.kent.edu/search/Xwhitman
http://kentlink.kent.edu/search/Xsleepy+hollow
Scroll down until you see links:
"Information at Google Books" -- some content
"Preview at Google Books" -- more content, some full text
"Read at Google Books" -- full text
If you're patient enough on the Sleepy Hollow example, and scroll down
enough, you'll see all three link examples.
Mike Kreyche (mkreyche_at_kent.edu) on our staff did the integration.
Tom Klingler
Kent State
P.S. The book jackets are from Amazon
-----Original Message-----
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kraus, Hilary
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:41 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [NGC4LIB] Integrating Google Book Search content into OPACs
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 - 21:13:28 EDT