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Enhancing your OPAC with Third-Party Applications

Enhancing your OPAC with Third-Party Applications. Carrie Volk Winthrop University November 13 th 2008. OPAC Enhancements. Meebo IM/Chat in the OPAC ClioWeb and WebBridge Interface Small Changes – Big Impact Link to ILL login on patronview_web.html

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Enhancing your OPAC with Third-Party Applications

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  1. Enhancing your OPAC with Third-Party Applications Carrie Volk Winthrop University November 13th 2008

  2. OPAC Enhancements • Meebo IM/Chat in the OPAC • ClioWeb and WebBridge Interface • Small Changes – Big Impact • Link to ILL login on patronview_web.html • Add course reserve button to toplogo.html • DacusMaps - Beta Carrie Volk, November 2008

  3. Meebo - How We Started… http://www.meebo.com/ Carrie Volk, November 2008

  4. Meebo IM/Chat in OPAC Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  5. Meebo as Popup Box • Can chat while working • Less chance of losing guests due to refresh. • Count page hits for stats w/Google Analytics • Control when widget is accessible to patron and provide off hours email Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  6. ColdFusion Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  7. OPAC Pages Add highlighted code to 2 pages – toplogo.html and toplogologgedin.html Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  8. ColdFusion Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  9. Meebo – User Interface Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  10. ClioWeb went live in August 2006. OpenURL ordering capabilities added May 2007 WebBridge and ClioWeb http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.winthrop.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=34741300&site=ehost-live Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  11. WebBridge and ClioWeb • Sending OpenURL data directly to ClioWeb form (i.e. Worldcat Local, Google Scholar, etc.) • Routing data to the WebBridge link resolver, and then sending to ClioWeb via “Order via ILL” link in WB panel. Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  12. What’s WebBridge’s Problem? Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  13. It’s All in the Concatenation • Created separate field selectors for ClioWeb author and page info • Added a few new ones just for ILL use while we were at it Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  14. WebBridge and ClioWeb Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  15. The End Result • Articles stats that doubled in the first year • Very happy patrons – one click ordering • Extremely happy ILL staff Carrie Volk, November 2008

  16. Small Changes…Big Impact Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  17. Small Changes…Big Impact Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  18. DacusMaps - Beta http://tinyurl.com/5wr6dw Carrie Volk, November 2008 Carrie Volk, November 2008

  19. Final Comments • Don’t be afraid to “fuss” with things in your OPAC… • Just remember to backup everything first! Questions? volkc@winthrop.edu Carrie Volk, November 2008

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