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Hello, Is anyone using ExLibris' Aleph to create RSS feeds of new acquistions (note, i'm not a systems librarian, I'm just curious) Troy Ed Summers wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 02:00:05PM -0600, Edward Iglesias wrote: > >>SIRSI is indeed working on the issue but what I was hoping for was a >>relatively simple solution. Every month we send out lists of newly >>cataloged books to our "Academic Liaisons". I already have the list in >>plain text. I was simply looking for a quick and dirty way to turn it >>into an RSS feed. > > > If your data is in plain text you'll probably have to write your own custom > text reader to generate the RSS. > > If you can get your data out in a structured format, like MARC lets say > you can write a program like this: > > #!/usr/bin/env python > > import sys > import PyRSS2Gen > import pymarc > > input = sys.argv[1] > output = input + ".xml" > > title = "New Books" > url = "http://new-books-list.edu" > desc = "This is a list of new books, Enjoy!" > > rss = PyRSS2Gen.RSS2( title, url, desc ) > batch = pymarc.MARCReader( input ) > > for record in batch: > isbn = record.isbn() > rss.items.append( PyRSS2Gen.RSSItem( \ > title = record.title(), > link = "http://link-to-opac.edu?isbn=%s" % isbn ) ) > > rss.write_xml( file(output, "w") ) > > There are lots of ways to skin this cat (chisel this wheel?), but I'd try to > work with structured data (MARC, XML, tab delmited, whatever) rather than > vanilla plain text if you can. > > //Ed -- M. Troy Davis Media Services Librarian University of Tennessee Libraries :: The Studio 245 John C. Hodges Library Knoxville, TN 37996 (865)974-4726 [log in to unmask] http://www.lib.utk.edu/mediacenter/studio