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Expand your OPACwhile waiting for the Next Gen Catalog
Daniel ForsmanComputers In Libraries 2009
Cooperative Systems Trump Integrated Systems
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Jonkoping University : http://www.hj.se/eng9556 registred students in 2007700 staff
Jonkoping University Library : http://www.bibl.hj.se/eng200 000 volumes27 staffEx Libris: Aleph 18, MetaLib & SFX
The web is rapidly becoming a platform consisting of services and API:s
Machine 2 machine communication stands in the centre
Worldcat API, XISBN, Library Thing for Libraries , LIBRIS Xsearch, MetaLib | Aleph X-server, SFX API, Ebsco Host Integration Toolkit, ISI Web Services, Amazon, SRU/W, RDF | Linked Data, Google Code, Flickr API, Yahoo! Developer Network … … …
By exploring web services and new technology we gain first hand experience making us stronger customers and development partners
By introducing other services into our OPAC the local collection is displayedin a broader context
The OPAC turns into a small federated search service, rich in functionality and content, seamlessly integrated with the library webpages
Strategy is to present library resources in a single thought through structure and presentation BUT ALSO to identify key services and make them available outside the library website
We will focus on bringing servicestogether today but should not forget the importance of making ourdata available outside of the catalog
Decoupling of front-end from back-end in practice means enabling your data for
OAI-HarvestingExternal IndexingOffering API:sURL SyntaxPersistent URL:s
Quick search uses deep linking/URL syntax with asimple forwarding service (PHP)
The script is a focal point for severalsearch services offered by the library: toolbar, html-template engine, search widgets …
78 116 queries in 2008
Results page – highlights
LIBRIS Union catalog – Xsearch API – MODS/Dublin Core
EBSCO Host Integrated Search API
Uppsok – National database for student theses – SRU/W
MetaLib – Xserver
Public Library – forward search
Dynamic hints / hotwords – local javascript
Requires a hook in your OPAC for the AJAX script – just cssand some javascript (Jquery/Prototype) that talks to a server sidescript that parses a XML response.
In our case PHP but there are plenty of options.
Bibliographic view - highlights
Covers from Swedish bookstore Ad Libris
Google Book Search API
Oppna Bibliotek API – reviews by librarians, user reviews coming
Amazon Covers and Editorial Reviews via AWS
DOM javascript to extract ISBN, pass ISBN to backend PHP scripts with Prototype (AJAX).
ticTOC and SFX API integration for records with a ISSN
Yahoo! Spelling suggestion webservice5000 requests / day
We used to use the Google SOAP spelling suggestion serviceLimited to 1000 requests / day
Closed to new users
Next step
Getting down with Linked Data
National Union Catalog – LIBRIS is available as linked data
One idea is to present links to Wikipedia articles based on Authority records
Google Translation of subjects, search terms
Continue to explore webservices and integrate our resources makingour different systems to co-operate
Daniel ForsmanJonkoping University [email protected]
Web http://www.bibl.hj.se/engOPAC http://julia.hj.seLabs http://www.bibl.hj.se/doc/6433