Hi all (but mostly Hi folks running Voyager),

I'm happy to announce the release of the Related Items Bookshelf, a 
virtual shelf browsing tool designed for easy installation into the 
Voyager OPAC.  "So easy, a caveman without a dedicated library sysadmin 
can do it."  Like the great projects demoed by NCSU and Stanford last 
month in Asheville, it embeds into the OPAC item page and allows the 
user to scroll through a display of items with proximate call numbers.  
The key difference is using Voyager's web service APIs rather than a 
separate DB or SOLR index, trading control over the relationship logic 
for a smaller installation footprint.  The client side is a 
standards-based mix of CSS, JQuery and a modified YUI carousel widget.

You can see it in action on the bottom of any item page with an LC call 
number in our OPAC [1].  Full details on the functionality, design, and 
known issues are available on Ex Libris CodeShare and on the project 
website [2].

Thanks,
Maccabee

[1] http://oshlib.wisconsin.edu/vwebv/searchBasic
[2] http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/levinem/projects/related-items-bookshelfR

-- 
Maccabee Levine
Emerging Technologies Librarian
Polk Library 110
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI 54901
920-424-7332