How are you providing the citations feature? Do you have your own
in-house code that formats citations, or are you using some other
product or library?
Jonathan
Susan Fipps wrote:
> Shannon,
>
> I can give you a general idea of how the PALNI test enhancements work.
> A combination of javascripting (based loosely on the Google Books API
> examples) and PHP have been used to develop this combination of links,
> so there is some server-side programming involved. We are looking at
> re-writing the whole set of scripts so right now it is in a state of
> flux as we experiment with what is possible and useful to our consortial
> libraries. The citations link appears to be particularly popular with
> students. The code first looks for an Amazon book cover and if it
> doesn't exist, then goes to Google to check. It could end up focusing
> just on Google book covers depending on Amazon's restrictions and how
> those evolve. From Google we check for a general link to the material
> (Google button), check for Google full-text or sample pages information
> (Preview button), check for a WorldCat record (WorldCat button and if
> so, link to the citation if available (Citation button). The table of
> contents (Contents button) comes from PALNI bibliographic records where
> it is included. The code is independent of a particular ILS. We use Ex
> Libris Aleph OPAC. Susan
>
> Shannon Shi wrote:
>> Hi Susan,
>>
>> Could you tell us more about the methods you used to achieve this?
>> The Cite
>> this button is very cool. Thanks!
>>
>> Shannon
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Susan Fipps
>> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:58 AM
>> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Integrating Google Book Search content into OPACs
>>
>> Hilary,
>>
>> We have implemented in the OPAC links to Google Books, Amazon, WorldCat,
>> and table of contents (this in particular derived from PALNI
>> bibliographic records where the contents exist). The results page shows
>> these links when relevant to the material. We are looking at inclusion
>> on full-display screens as well. Here is an example URL:
>>
>> http://hickory.palni.edu:4505/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&local_base=plnhu
>>
>> p
>>
>> We are using a combination of methods to achieve this test enhancement
>> to our OPACs. Regards, Susan
>>
>> Kraus, Hilary wrote:
>>
>>> ... 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
>>>
>>>
>> ________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Susan R. Fipps: M.L.S. -- Systems Analyst Voicemail: 137
>> Department: Information Systems Email: susan_at_palni.edu
>> Company: INCOLSA, 6202 Morenci Trail, Indianapolis, IN 46268
>> Voice/TTD: 317.298.6570 or 800.733.1899 (in-state only)
>> Fax: 317.328.2382 URL: http://www.palni.edu
>> "Delete: Bathwater. Undelete: Baby."
>>
>
> --
> ________________________________________________________________
> Susan R. Fipps: M.L.S. -- Systems Analyst Voicemail: 137
> Department: Information Systems Email: susan_at_palni.edu
> Company: INCOLSA, 6202 Morenci Trail, Indianapolis, IN 46268
> Voice/TTD: 317.298.6570 or 800.733.1899 (in-state only)
> Fax: 317.328.2382 URL: http://www.palni.edu
> "Delete: Bathwater. Undelete: Baby."
>
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Jonathan Rochkind
Digital Services Software Engineer
The Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins University
410.516.8886
rochkind (at) jhu.edu
Received on Thu May 15 2008 - 10:03:34 EDT