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MetaLib Deep-Link & Search Box Generator

Automate the generation of deep-links and search boxes for MetaLib, making it easier for end users to understand and use. Customizable for library instruction pages, course pages, topical guides, and use in D2L.

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MetaLib Deep-Link & Search Box Generator

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  1. MetaLib Deep-Link & Search Box Generator Stephen Elfstrand Head, Library Systems and Circulation

  2. 2nd Annual Regional Ex Libris Users' MeetingMarch 5-6, 2007Brooklyn Park, MN

  3. Our Vision – Metalib Everywhere • Custom MetaLib links or search boxes on any web page • Library instruction pages • Course pages • Topical guides • Use in D2L

  4. The Problem • Deep-Link documentation hard for end users to understand • Difficult to construct deep links • Undocumented features • We (Systems Dept.) didn’t want to make all the links

  5. The Solution: Automate it!

  6. What does the generator do? • Builds Links! • Builds a Search Box!

  7. Builds links! • To Quick Search, Custom Search, or Resource List • To Results of a Predefined Search • To a Resource • In MetaLib or Native interface

  8. Builds a Search Box! • Search Quicksets • Search Custom Set of Resources • Search for a Resource

  9. Let’s take a look • http://lib1.uwec.edu/searchspot/SSSearchBoxGenerator.asp

  10. An Example

  11. How does it work? • MetaLib KnowledgeBase Report • MS Access Database • ASP • JavaScript • Programmer • Dan Hillis

  12. Get Data from MetaLib • Admin Module – Reports • MetaLib KnowledgeBase Report

  13. Get Data From MetaLib • Complete (customized) version Knowledge Base Report • Save as a .txt (tab-delimited) • Put in same place with same name every time • MS Access Import Macro

  14. Import Macro

  15. Create QuickSet Table • By Hand!

  16. ASP & JavaScript ASP – Grabs data from database JavaScript – Displays dynamic menus and generates the results

  17. The Question Everyone is asking • Can I steal this ? • YES

  18. Making it work in your library • Requirements • MS Access • ASP enabled web server • JavaScript support on browser • Customize the Database and Web page

  19. Database Changes • Import Scripts need name and location of Report Output • Quickset Names and IDs

  20. Changes to ASP • Your sites’ look and feel-HTML (SSSearchBoxGenerator.asp, SSSearchBoxGenerator.css) • ASP Connection string to database (SSSearchBoxGenerator.asp) • Proxy String in JavaScript (SSSearchBoxGenerator.js, Redirect.asp)

  21. Where is it? • Database • Main page (ASP file, CSS file) • Redirect page (ASP file) • 3 Javascript files • http://lib3.uwec.edu/systems/presentations.html

  22. Questions • elfstrsf@uwec.edu • hillisdr@uwec.edu

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