I'd be curious.

Thanks,

Juan Madrigal

Web Developer
University of Miami
Richter Library

On 5/12/11 3:56 PM, "Jason Griffey" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>We are actually right in the middle of a massive weeding project here
>at UTC, and my Web Tech librarian, Andrea Schurr (whom some of you
>probably met at C4L this year) built a really cool system to handle
>it. We aren't using ajax (although I argued for it, she talked me out
>of it). However, our project necessitates feedback from subject
>faculty, so it has the ability to allow for the Chemistry faculty, for
>example, to review the discard list, mark items to keep, and that list
>is then further reviewed by Library liaisons to make sure the faculty
>aren't just telling us to keep everything. :-)
>
>It's all pre-populated with our bib data. She's on vacation this week,
>but the plan is to open-source the setup asap. If anyone is
>interested, drop me a line and I'll make sure and let you know when we
>get it up.
>
>Jason
>
>
>On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Ken Irwin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> AJAX for slickness and ease of use. We could do form html, but I'd
>>prefer something that's updated in real time.
>>
>> As for the scanner -- my plan was to pre-populate the database from our
>>OPAC, so we won't need to scan each book individually.)
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>Dave Caroline
>> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 11:39 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] ajaxy CRUD / weeding helper
>>
>> Why ajax! just a plain html form
>> and add a barcode scanner, to pick that books data from the db
>>
>> Scan shelf, scan contents, you now have updated list of contents and
>> books gone awol
>>
>> jump to updating page
>> scan book, update, rinse repeat
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave Caroline
>>