[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen and LTFL

[Deb Bergeron]

I spoke with Tim Spalding yesterday.  Yes it's possible to incorporate 
LTFL into Evergreen and Koha--takes a little Perl hacking, but can be 
done.  I want to try this.

Deb

Mike Rylander wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008 10:58 AM, Forest, Jon <Jon.Forest at maine.gov> wrote:
>   
>> I spoke to Tim Spalding, founder of LibraryThing, a couple months ago &
>> asked the same question.  The answer at that point was no, and somehow I
>> feel like we would have heard about it if anyone had started using it.
>> I remember that he said he was very interested in Evergreen in general
>> and would like to develop LTFL for Evergreen, but had not been
>> approached by anyone using it yet.
>>     
>
> It's just a matter of production interest, really.  I'd be happy to
> work with LT on tight integration with Evergreen, and judging by the
> code quality of both projects, it should be next to trivia.
>
> That being said, there are somethings that Evergreen and LTFL both do
> today (oISBN and thingISBN, for instance) and some features planned
> for Evergreen that LTFL already does.  I think there are ways that
> even the competing features can cooperate, all to the patrons' and
> staff members' benefit.
>
> --miker
>
>   
>> Jon Forest
>> Library Automation Manager
>> Maine InfoNet
>> http://www.maine.gov/infonet
>> jon.forest at maine.gov
>> 207-557-0072
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
>> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
>> Deb Bergeron
>> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 5:23 PM
>> To: Valerie Piechocki
>> Cc: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen and LTFL
>>
>> Valerie,
>>
>> I'm so sorry--It's LibraryThing For Libraries.
>> http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/
>>
>> Here's a blurb from the website:
>>
>>
>>
>> *       Give your patrons exciting new content, including
>> recommendations and tag clouds.
>> *       Let your patrons take part, with reviews, ratings and tags. Keep
>> the control you want.
>> *       Enhance your catalog with just a few lines of HTML. Works with
>> any OPAC and requires no back-end integration. Really.
>> *       Draw on the collective intelligence of your patrons and
>> LibraryThing members.
>>
>> It's great for OPACs that don't have tagging.  LTFL offers a
>> cost-effective solution.  If anyone using Evergreen has, is, or is
>> planning to use LTFL, I'd like to hear about it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Deb
>>
>>
>> Valerie Piechocki wrote:
>>
>>         pardon my ignorance but what is LTFL.  I tried searching it on
>> What-is-what, but came up blank.
>>
>>         Deb Bergeron wrote:
>>
>>
>>                 Hi,
>>
>>                 Is anyone using LTFL with the Evergereen OPAC?
>>
>>                 Thanks,
>>
>>                 Deb
>>                 --
>>
>>                 Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron at macalester.edu>
>> <mailto:bergeron at macalester.edu>  System Admin: User Support
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>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron at macalester.edu>  System Admin: User
>> Support
>> CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu>
>> 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A
>> Saint Paul, MN 55104
>> O:651.644.3878 C:651.487.7609 F:651.644.6258
>>
>>
>>     
>
>
>
>   

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Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron at macalester.edu> System Admin: User Support
CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu>
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A
Saint Paul, MN 55104
O:*651.644.3878* C:*651.487.7609* F:651.644.6258

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