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Building a Library Toolbar with LibX

Learn how to create a custom toolbar using LibX, a freely distributed tool that provides library-specific features. Add catalogs, OpenURL resolver, proxy, Google Scholar, and more. Customize by developer and user.

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Building a Library Toolbar with LibX

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  1. Building a Library Toolbar with LibX Rene Tanner and Debbie Flitner Arizona State University Rene.Tanner@asu.edu Debbie.Flitner@asu.edu

  2. What we’ll cover • Background • Features • How to create a custom toolbar • Getting the word out

  3. Background • LibX is freely distributed • Developed in 2005 – Virginia Tech University • Research where you are • Provides library specific toolbar • Users can set some of the preferences • Works with Google Scholar

  4. Features • Add one or more catalogs • Add your OpenURL resolver to find articles • Add proxy • Add Google Scholar • Add Context Menu (right-click) features: • Jstor, Nature for example can be reloaded to go through your proxy • Highlighted words on Webpages can be searched in your catalog • Is customizable by developer and user

  5. Definitions • OpenURL • Proxy • Cues • CoINS

  6. Features Cont. • Autolinking (isbns underlined) • Cues (logo on Amazon and other pages) • COinS (OpenURL is added to Wikipedia pages)

  7. Show Browsers • Firefox • IE • Chrome

  8. LibX Edition Building • Libx.org • Edition building (copy an existing toolbar or start from scratch) • Build one feature at a time • Test, test, test (revision test page is a great help!) • Hover over questions marks for more information • Contact LibX for more help libx.editions@gmail.com

  9. Telling others about it • How do we let students know about it? • How about faculty?

  10. Links • LibX Edition Builder http://libx.org • LibX for Google Chrome (beta) http://libx.org/chrome/ • CiteULike http://Citeulike.org

  11. References • Bailey, A. & Back, B. (2006). LibX – a Firefox extension for enhanced library access. Library Hi Tech,24(2), 290-304. • Chudnov, D. (2006). COinS for the link trail. Library Journal, 8-10. • Puckett, J. (2010). Superpower your browser with LibX and Zotero. College & Research Library News,71(2), 70-97. • Ritterbush, J. (2007). Supporting Library Research with LibX and Zotero: Two Open Source Firefox Extensions. Journal of Web Librarianship, 1(3), 111-122.

  12. Left Button on Toolbar

  13. Edition Building in LibX

  14. Edition Builder in LibX

  15. Searching in Toolbar

  16. Context Menu LibX

  17. ASU Library Catalog

  18. Amazon Book Search

  19. Following Icon

  20. Proxy Option

  21. COinS

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