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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