Our Small Library Story

2. Our Small Library Story • The Madigan Library has 1 Librarian in charge of Digital Initiatives and 2 FT Virtual Resources Staff • Minimum customization to our ILS • Not much time for developing new projects • Limited programming experience

3. How do we make our opac more relevant to today’s users?

4. Two kinds of promotions we’ll be discussing today 1. Bring them to your catalog 2. Bring your catalog to them

5. Bring them to your catalog Use Symphony’s or Unicorn’s tools to lead users to your catalog via promotions, subject guides, bibliographies, etc. Some examples of the tools available to you: • Custom search urls • Item categories • Item types • MARC fields

6. Bring them to your catalog Custom Search URLs (also called External URLs) A custom search url is a url that you construct that makes a link into an “on-the-fly” search for a specific item type, category, keyword, etc. These URLs can then be used in web sites to provide users with an easy to use, seamless link into your OPAC You do the work for your user!

7. Bring them to your catalog Examples of how we’ve used custom search URLs at PCT • A link to materials in the OPAC of 1 item type

8. Bring them to your catalog Examples of how we’ve used custom search URLs at PCT • A link to materials in the OPAC of 1 item type • 1. Books on CD for Summer Travel Promotion • http://proteus.pct.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5/X?item_type=CD-DISC • Url used included in promotional email sent to all faculty & staff at the end of the Spring Semester • Url does not need to be updated to use again at Holiday Travel time • Url can be incorporated into a small image in email so user only has to click the image to go to the OPAC list

9. Bring them to your catalog Examples of how we’ve used custom search URLs at PCT • A link to materials in the OPAC of 1 item type • Books on CD for Summer Travel Promotion • Roll out for Video on Demand titles

10. Bring them to your catalog Examples of how we’ve used custom search URLs at PCT • A link to materials in the OPAC of 1 item type • Links to specific books

11. From the Madigan Library Website: Bring them to your catalog

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14. Bring your catalog to them Each thumbnail cover is a link to the record for that title. • http://proteus.pct.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/X/0/0/5/0?&searchdata1=0393061728 • custom url using ISBN • linked to thumbnail image of scanned book cover • CSS use of divs <div class=thumbnail> to create “look” of each title image, text and link • must manually update page & scan images

15. Bring your catalog to them Examples of how we’ve used custom search URLs at PCT • A link to materials in the OPAC of 1 item type • Links to specific books • Using item categories for displays

16. Bring your catalog to them From the Madigan Library Website:

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18. Bring them to your catalog Examples of how we’ve used custom search URLs at PCT • A link to materials in the OPAC of 1 item type • Links to specific books • Using item categories for displays • Use link on our library homepage “Featured Events section • Use link in our online campus newsletter to reach students • Use link in emails to interested faculty

19. Bring them to your catalog Examples of how we’ve used custom search URLs at PCT • A link to materials in the OPAC of 1 item type • Links to specific books • Links to materials in an item category for displays • Links to materials in an item category for an always-current bibliography

20. Bring them to your catalog From the faculty page:

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22. Bring your catalog to them • http://proteus.pct.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/X/0/0/5/0?&item_2cat=GAMES_IND • custom url using item category 2 • provides a list that is always current • link can be emailed to a professor at a moment’s notice

23. Bring your catalog to them Examples of how we’ve used custom search URLs at PCT • A link to materials in the OPAC of 1 item type • Links to specific books • Links to materials in an item category for displays • Links to materials in an item category for a always current bibliography • Links to materials by MARC fields

24. Bring your catalog to them From the Madigan Library Website:

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27. Bring your catalog to them • http://proteus.pct.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?searchdata1=LS{T594} • We have put the fund code (by subject) into the local note field 594 • Periodical lists are always current

28. Bring your catalog to them Another promotional idea: Turn on the “search ebooks only” feature

29. Turn on the “search e-books only” feature • It’s a simple on/off choice in your sys.env file under the “Electronic Book Configuration” area • It works with up to 5 item types (E-BOOK, E-REF) • Our e-books stats went up 33% after we did this

30. Bring your catalog to them Put your catalog in places where your users are going. Some examples of places you can put your catalog: • iGoogle • Amazon • IMDb • CMS • Blogs

31. Bring your catalog to them A personalized, self-designed google page upon which you can choose custom content. Easy to create modules or nuggets that you can promote to your users Put yourself right on your users’ iGoogle page!

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33. Bring your catalog to them In an iGoogle page

34. Bring your catalog to them In Angel CMS

35. Bring your catalog to them A userscript for Firefox users that creates a link inside an Amazon book details page that checks to see if the specific title is available at your library. Put yourself right in Amazon!

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38. Bring your catalog to them Modified from the LION Library Lookup Script

39. Bring your catalog to them IMDb – Madigan Library Search 1.0 A userscript for Firefox users that creates a link inside an IMDb movie details page that checks to see if the specific title is available at your library. Put yourself right in IMDb!

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42. Bring them to your catalog • Similar to the Amazon Library Lookup: • Uses Firefox • Repository in userscripts.org • Requires greasemonkey • Adapted from existing script

43. Bring your catalog to them Yahoo • Create a customized RSS feed for your catalog using an external url • Use anywhere you want an RSS Feed • Create a badge to put on website

44. Bring your catalog to them • Use an external url to create an RSS feed in Dapper

45. Bring your catalog to them • Choose the content you want in the feed

46. Bring your catalog to them • Use the dapper-created RSS feed as your source in Yahoo Pipes

47. Bring your catalog to them • Use pipe as is. People can add to their iGoogle or Feedreader

48. Bring your catalog to them • Create as a badge and imbed in blog, website, etc.

49. Promoting these tools Have a place where all your tools, widgets, gadgets, scripts, etc. are available

50. Promoting these tools Have a place where all your tools, widgets, gadgets, scripts, etc. are available 2. Use in emails, promotional postings, etc.