On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Maccabee Levine wrote:
> D'oh! I typoed my own link.
>
> http://www.uwosh.edu/facstaff/levinem/projects/related-items-bookshelf
>
> Maccabee
>
> On 3/24/2010 11:20 AM, Maccabee Levine wrote:
>> 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
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