[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Information requests- websites

[Holly Brennan]

>>Holly, I'd love to know how the widgets in your last link work. Are there instructions on how to do this somewhere?

I wrote that last message on a time crunch (what’s new?). I have a lot of help from LibraryThings. It’s called the Book Display Widget and well worth the price! (I won’t announce what we’re paying in case it’s deal based on collection size or patrons, but it’s affordable for our small library) I am one of 6 full-time staff, and responsible for all things tech, so I’m thankful for the time it saves me. LibraryThings reps are super responsive and knowledgeable, but I really haven’t needed them since we were set up.

I can have our staff make lists using the Evergreen catalog book lists, and all I need is the link to their list to create a widget. It pulls all the info over and I can style up the widgets in many ways. Clicking on any item brings you right to the Evergreen catalog. We use heavily for our Summer Reading Program, since our youth librarian might have a few books ready for lists to get me started and she can add things throughout the summer and the widget updates without my intervention.

I believe it was Blake GH who showed off an embedded widget of his creation at the 2015 conference. Again, I pay for mine but it costs about two days of work for an annual subscription so it’s well worth it for me. Here’s more info:

http://blog.librarything.com/thingology/2013/01/book-display-widgets-from-librarything-for-libraries/

http://www.librarything.com/forlibraries/bd_examples.php

-Holly


Holly Brennan
Library Technology Specialist
Homer Public Library, Alaska

hbrennan at cityofhomer-ak.gov
907-235-3180 (main)
907-435-3154 (direct)




From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Kalish
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 5:27 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Information requests- websites

Holly, I'd love to know how the widgets in your last link work. Are there instructions on how to do this somewhere?

Benjamin Kalish
Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / bkalish at forbeslibrary.org<mailto:bkalish at forbeslibrary.org>

Currently reading: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Just Finished: Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birds by Bernd Heinrich.

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Holly Brennan <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us<mailto:haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>> wrote:
Our library (and City) uses a Drupal site – which is currently being revamped, though not yet publically visible.

Our page has a search box and link to My Account and Advanced search: http://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library. These will be much more visible in the new version – bigger, better. We moved to Evergreen after this website was created, so it’s not very pretty.

We use the catalog to create many widgets embedded within our site: http://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library/recommended-reads-summerhpl-2015

-Holly



From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org>] On Behalf Of Benjamin Kalish
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:33 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Information requests- websites

It's very easy to make a search widget that allows you to start an Evergreen search from your library's website. We've done it at our library with Wordpress, but it should be equally easy in any system that will let you write HTML.

Our search form is slightly more complicated in that it allows you to choose whether to search our website or the catalog. This requires some Javascript and some some server-side scripting (in case someone has Javascript disabled) but is still pretty easy. You can see our website at http://forbeslibrary.org/. I've also included a screenshot of the "widget".

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Benjamin Kalish
Forbes Library / 413-587-1012<tel:413-587-1012> / bkalish at forbeslibrary.org<mailto:bkalish at forbeslibrary.org>

Currently reading: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Just Finished: Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birds by Bernd Heinrich.

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Mina Edmondson <medmondson at yorklibraries.org<mailto:medmondson at yorklibraries.org>> wrote:
York County Library System is considering changes to our website. Our current vendor will not be doing websites in the future. Can you let me know if you are using WordPress or Drupal along with Evergreen. How does the website interact with the catalog? Are you using any special widgits to make the integration easier?

Have you built the website in house or use a vendor? What vendors can you recommend?

Please forward examples of your websites so we can get a better idea of what is being done by libraries with these platforms.

Mina C. Edmondson
District Consultant
York/Adams District
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