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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