[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] List of new items in catalog and how to get them on to your web page

[Chauncey Montgomery]

Mina,

We use a process that was shared with us by the by the Branch District 
Library, <https://www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/>, years ago. It is 
based on a report that shows items added in the last X days.

Following are details of the report:

The report is based on the Item source.

Displayed Fields:
Item -> Call Number/Volume -> Bib Record -> Simple Record Extracts -> 
Title Proper (normalized) : data type is text; field transform is Raw Data
Item -> Call Number/Volume -> Bib Record -> Simple Record Extracts -> 
Author (normalized) : data type is text; field transform is Raw Data
Item -> Call Number/Volume -> Bib Record -> Simple Record Extracts -> 
Publication Year (normalized) : data type is int; field transform is Raw 
Data
Item -> Call Number/Volume -> Bib Record -> Simple Record Extracts -> 
Record ID : data type is id; field transform is Raw Data
Item -> Call Number/Volume -> Bib Record -> Simple Record Extracts -> 
ISBN : data type is text; field transform is Raw Data
Item -> Call Number/Volume -> Call Number Label : data type is text; 
field transform is Raw Data
Item -> Creation Date/Time : data type is timestamp; field transform is Date
Item -> Circulating Library : data type is text; field transform is Raw Data
Item -> Shelving Location : data type is text; field transform is Raw Data

Base Filters:
Item -> Creation Date/Time : field transform is Date; operator is Between
Item -> Circulating Library : field transform is Raw Data; Operator is 
In list

We then export the list to a csv file and put it on the server with a 
php file.  Details on the original php can be found at 
<https://www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/professional/mieg_new_items_files/new_items_0.3.php.txt>.

Here is what Branch District's list looks like:
<https://www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/new>

We hacked it a bit to shows summaries from the MARC record when you 
mouse over the cover image.  Here is ours:
<http://community.lib.oh.us/collections/?page=new>

I'm sure I've missed some details or mistyped something, so let me know 
if you need more information.

Cheers.
CM


On 07/28/2016 09:46 AM, Mina Edmondson wrote:
> I recall that someone at EV16 mentioned a report that they run on a
> routine basis that lists all the new items recently added to their
> catalog. This report is used to generate a feed to their web page that
> shows the title, author, book cover and links back to the item in the
> catalog.
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> York County Libraries in Pennsylvania has been using a third party
> vendor to complete this process and is interested in doing this
> internally with our new website up grade.
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> Does anyone have the report available and the coding needed to do the
> integration? I would like to feed this information to our website
> developer or at least make the connection.
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> Mina C. Edmondson
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> District Consultant
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> York/Adams District
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> medmondson at yorklibraries.org
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> 717-849-6961- Office
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> 717-916-0490- Cell
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