Hack the OPAC: Creating Your Own Library Catalog
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“Hacking the OPAC” ResourcesRESOURCES FOR GETTING STARTED WITH GOOGLE SITES
GOOGLE SHEETS, AND AWESOME TABLE
5 Video Series on Setting Up Google Sites: http://goo.gl/gk1fpW
Google Sheets Tutorial: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/googlespreadsheets
Awesome Table Documentation: http://goo.gl/Xh6pbx
• Explains how to set up Google Spreadsheet, Google Sites, how to customize the spreadsheet
Librarian Hacks: http://librarianhacks.com/
• My website in which I created a video tutorial on how to set up Awesome Table
My ‘hacked’ OPAC: http://goo.gl/9sNLgO
• Created using Google Spreadsheets + Google Sites + Awesome Table Script (within Google Sites)
“Hacking the OPAC” ResourcesRESOURCES FOR EDITING
MARC RECORDS
Marcedit: http://marcedit.reeset.net/
• Free tool for exporting MARC records to .txt files
Exporting Data to MARC Edit: http://goo.gl/uJebCk
• Concise explanation of how to export MARC records from various sites to a .txt file, that can be opened in Excel
RESOURCES FOR FREE E-BOOK
RECORDS
Open Library MARC Records: https://archive.org/details/ol_dataOver 100,000 open domain or lendable e-booksProject Gutenberg MARC Records: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/meta/pg/50,000 free ebooksChristian Classics Ethereal Library CSV Records: http://www.ccel.org/subscription/booklistClassic texts of Christianity
Questions? Contact Me!
Seth Allen, [email protected]