Library Cataloging
Hickey and his associate Jeff Young put up a page to explore ways of using this one-to-many mapping in a LibraryLookup-like bookmarklet. It produces a bookmarklet that issues a query URL with multiple ISBNs.Since my library's OPAC doesn't respond to multi-ISBN queries, though, I tried another approach: multiple individual queries. One way to handle these would be to have a server-based application parse the results and look for indications of success or failure. (Since the results are only Web pages, not well-formed XML responses, that would entail some crufty pattern recognition.) Another way, which I've implemented, is to open up a new window for each query. As an experiment, here's a version of the Build-Your-Own-Bookmarklet page that creates bookmarklets that use that method:experimental LibraryBookmarklet builder for multi-ISBN lookup
- Isbn Tool
The ISBN Links Generator will generate various links keyed by an ISBN. The list of links includes:Google "Look Inside"Amazon "Search Inside"Amazon.co.uk sales page (with affiliate code)Amazon Web Service Item InfoOU Library catalogue lookupOCLC Audience...
- Worldcat/google Bookmarklet
This is slick, the Worldcat/Google Bookmarklet. Thanks to all involved. It may have some use to catalogers, but even more to reference staff, I can see when a patron is looking for a book not in the collection this would be a great way to find it elsewhere.Simply...
- Isbn
Some interesting work being based on the ISBN (soon to be EAN). The isbnsearch project isA distributed search portal of common sources of ISBN numbers, with permanent caching of results. To provide a open-source free interface for ISBN retrieval using...
- Koha & Librarylookup
There is now a LibraryLookup bookmarklet for Koha, the open source library system.I've added a tenth OPAC vendor to the LibraryLookup generator, and this one is kind of special. It's an open source product called Koha, commissioned by the HLT...
- Librarylookup
This tool just keeps getting better. I wish more library home pages would make it available for download from their site.Two more LibraryLookup-compatible OPACS. I've added two new OPAC systems to the LibraryLookup bookmarklet generator. Thanks to...
Library Cataloging
Multi-ISBN LibraryLookup
Hickey and his associate Jeff Young put up a page to explore ways of using this one-to-many mapping in a LibraryLookup-like bookmarklet. It produces a bookmarklet that issues a query URL with multiple ISBNs.Since my library's OPAC doesn't respond to multi-ISBN queries, though, I tried another approach: multiple individual queries. One way to handle these would be to have a server-based application parse the results and look for indications of success or failure. (Since the results are only Web pages, not well-formed XML responses, that would entail some crufty pattern recognition.) Another way, which I've implemented, is to open up a new window for each query. As an experiment, here's a version of the Build-Your-Own-Bookmarklet page that creates bookmarklets that use that method:experimental LibraryBookmarklet builder for multi-ISBN lookup
- Isbn Tool
The ISBN Links Generator will generate various links keyed by an ISBN. The list of links includes:Google "Look Inside"Amazon "Search Inside"Amazon.co.uk sales page (with affiliate code)Amazon Web Service Item InfoOU Library catalogue lookupOCLC Audience...
- Worldcat/google Bookmarklet
This is slick, the Worldcat/Google Bookmarklet. Thanks to all involved. It may have some use to catalogers, but even more to reference staff, I can see when a patron is looking for a book not in the collection this would be a great way to find it elsewhere.Simply...
- Isbn
Some interesting work being based on the ISBN (soon to be EAN). The isbnsearch project isA distributed search portal of common sources of ISBN numbers, with permanent caching of results. To provide a open-source free interface for ISBN retrieval using...
- Koha & Librarylookup
There is now a LibraryLookup bookmarklet for Koha, the open source library system.I've added a tenth OPAC vendor to the LibraryLookup generator, and this one is kind of special. It's an open source product called Koha, commissioned by the HLT...
- Librarylookup
This tool just keeps getting better. I wish more library home pages would make it available for download from their site.Two more LibraryLookup-compatible OPACS. I've added two new OPAC systems to the LibraryLookup bookmarklet generator. Thanks to...