[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Pulling Info from MARC in Web Page

[Geoff Sams]

I certainly am +1 for that idea, that's a neat feature.

Thanks,
Geoff Sams
Library Manager
Roanoke Public Library
817-491-2691

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From: Open-ils-general [open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] on behalf of Jason Stephenson [jstephenson at mvlc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 8:03 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Pulling Info from MARC in Web Page

Quoting Chauncey Montgomery <chauncey at yourcl.org>:

> Thanks again for the pointers on SuperCat.  I was able to pull in
> the summaries from the 520 field.  They now display on our new list
> of items when hovering over the jacket image.  I still have some
> tweaks to make, but it should be working at
> <http://community.lib.oh.us/collections/?page=new&items=adult_fiction>.
> Thanks all.

That looks really cool. You should blog about how you did it and/or share
a branch so that others can try the same things.

Cheers,
Jason

> CM
>
> On 01/26/2016 10:13 AM, Jason Stephenson wrote:
>> Quoting Justin Hopkins 📖 <justin at mobiusconsortium.org>:
>>
>>> Hi Chauncey,
>>>
>>> Give the Supercat section of this page a look:
>>> http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=backend-devel:supercat:examples
>>
>> SuperCat also has feeds that might provide some of what you want, such as
>> new items, etc. SuperCat can also output HTML and RSS.
>>
>> You can also put staff picks in a record bucket (My List) and make that
>> public.
>> You may then link to it from anywhere when you know the URL. Buckets
>> created
>> by staff can be viewed in this way as well as those created by patrons.
>>
>> As usual, there's more than one way to do it.
>>
>> HtH,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>>
>>> For example:
>>> http://sunbury.cool-cat.org/opac/extras/supercat/retrieve/marcxml/record/1024
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Justin
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Chauncey Montgomery
>>> <chauncey at yourcl.org> wrote:
>>>> When marketing materials on our Web site (new lists, staff picks,
>>>> etc.), I'd
>>>> like to incorporate the summary of the item from the MARC 520 field if
>>>> possible.  I can easily generate a report including the 520
>>>> information, but
>>>> I'd prefer to accomplish it dynamically using the Record ID.  Does
>>>> anyone
>>>> have any ideas how I could accomplish that?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> CM
>>>> --
>>>> Chauncey G. Montgomery
>>>> Director/Fiscal Officer | Community Library
>>>> 44 Burrer Drive | Sunbury, OH 43074
>>>> 740-965-3901 | http://community.lib.oh.us
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Justin
>>
>>


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