Web Services Librarian
Cambridge Public Library
- web sites vs. opacs...how to drive traffic to your opac and within opac
- RSS feeds, php with mysqul database
- create lists for new items, export to text file, delete field names, save as ANSI, opne in phpmyadmin...etc...
- opac enrichment and reviews...link new movies to imdb...embed relevant booklists from an extrenal ColdFusion aplication
- can reference external javascript files in botlogo wwwoptions...all automated links, slicker than Syndetics
- reviews incorporated into opac...also kids' and teens' sites
- in-house build reviews system...cheaper / simpler than iii's
- can also use javascript to remove stuff from the opac, for eg. "kill call # linking" which confuses patrons...removes the hyperlink tag...nice!
- alternate opac search via z39.50 (eg. Ann Arbour, Plymouth State...OPAC massaged in to a wordpress format...slick)
- Hot Items list at AADL...criteria = # of holds...John Blyber's blog comment re analyzing holds...didn't work for Cambridge...used "view outstanding holds", then:
- sent to email
- save email as text
- Perl script
- retrieve bib # and # of holds
- online form
- Cold Fusion
- access d-base
- Book cover browser...nice...
- inspiration from itunes' cd cover browse
- used Yahoo Carosel and Reflections JS
- hot book cover browser...purple eye icon on "new books, cds, and more" page...check it out here
- thankfully, Cambridge is all about SHARING...has policy to share code for all this nifty stuff
- see his complete presentation here
- check out Mike's blog
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