Hello Hilary,
At Boston College, we have implemented a link to Google book information from the full bib record view. Our catalog is at http://www.bc.edu/quest. We also use Syndetics, so we do not display the cover image from Google.
We recently added the link and we need to tweak the display, but it's at the bottom of the bib information for the moment.
Thanks,
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Kevin M. Kidd
Library Applications & Systems Manager
Boston College Libraries
Phone: 617-552-1359
E-Mail: kevin.kidd_at_bc.edu
Blog: http://datadrivenlibrary.blogspot.com/
| On Wed, 14 May 2008 16:41:10 -0500
| "Kraus, Hilary" <HKRAUS_at_DEPAUL.EDU> wrote:
| 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 Thu May 15 2008 - 08:36:02 EDT