Re: Integrating Google Book Search content into OPACs

Jonathan,

The citations feature is just a link to the Worldcat "Cite This Item"
link which is shown within its title page information.  We just post it
in a separate link.  Susan

Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> 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."
>>
>
> --
> Jonathan Rochkind
> Digital Services Software Engineer
> The Sheridan Libraries
> Johns Hopkins University
> 410.516.8886
> rochkind (at) jhu.edu

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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."