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MEDIA FINDERS Mediated Access to the OPAC

MEDIA FINDERS Mediated Access to the OPAC. Kelley McGrath Sue Weiland Ball State University. What is a Media Finder?. Web form allowing users to construct a guided search of a subset of materials in the library’s OPAC Applied to targeted sections of library materials. Outline.

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MEDIA FINDERS Mediated Access to the OPAC

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  1. MEDIA FINDERSMediated Access to the OPAC Kelley McGrath Sue Weiland Ball State University

  2. What is a Media Finder? • Web form allowing users to construct a guided search of a subset of materials in the library’s OPAC • Applied to targeted sections of library materials

  3. Outline • Why develop media finders? • How they work and how to make one • Two specific applications • Popular music • Fiction videos

  4. Why Develop Media Finders? • Browsing • “Blank screen problem” • Targeted subsets • Full use of information in cataloging record

  5. How Media Finders Work • Web form (HTML) • CGI script (Perl, ASP, or other programming language) • Dynamic URL that searches OPAC http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/5?search=swing{650}&item_1cat=CD

  6. For more information: Kelley McGrath kmcgrath@bsu.edu Sue Weiland sweiland@bsu.edu http://www.bsu.edu/library/librarycatalogs/mediafinders/

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