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Well, in this case one of the major goals of this project would be to remove the dependency on the OPAC for providing a call number browse. We would like to be able to turn off support for our OPAC here at some point, since we're not using any longer for keyword searching. -emily William C Kurt wrote: > Why not just build a decent cover flow UI over the existing call number > browse in the catalog with Javascript? Just grab the cover images and > display them using something like http://www.deensoft.com/lab/protoflow/ > That way you could recreate the 'browsing' experience, not have to have > the user learn a new tool and not have to worry about how you're going > to implement browsing the call numbers (similar to what the Oakville > Public Library is doing on that page). > > In the past I put together a quick demo of this (not for call numbers, > just for regular search listings) in an evening: > http://lib-bling.com/unr/unrdemo/unrcoverflowdemo.htm > > That's a very rough demo but implementing something similar using > default call number browse in the catalog would probably be not much > more difficult and would provide roughly the experience it seems you're > looking for without having to worry about overly complex solutions. > > --Will > > Will Kurt > Applications Development Librarian > University of Nevada, Reno > Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center > phone: 775 682-5679 > email: [log in to unmask] > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Emily Lynema > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:46 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] creating call number browse > > Hey all, > > I would love to tackle the issue of creating a really cool call number > browse tool that utilizes book covers, etc. However, I'd like to do this > > outside of my ILS/OPAC. What I don't know is whether there are any > indexing / SQL / query techniques that could be used to browse forward > and backword in an index like this. > > Has anyone else worked on developing a tool like this outside of the > OPAC? I guess I would be perfectly happy even if it was something I > could build directly on top of the ILS database and its indexes (we use > SirsiDynix Unicorn). > > I wanted to throw a feeler out there before trying to dream up some wild > > scheme on my own. > > -emily > > P.S. The version of BiblioCommons released at Oakville Public Library > has a sweet call number browse function accessible from the full record > page. I would love to know know how that was accomplished. > > http://opl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1413841_mars > -- Emily Lynema Systems Librarian for Digital Projects Information Technology, NCSU Libraries 919-513-8031 [log in to unmask]