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This is cool. Do you know any library has developed one or similar ones
for III? 

Sarah



-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Maccabee Levine
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Related Items Bookshelf 1.0 Released

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