Tuesday, 14 January, 2003

LibraryLookup Bookmarklet Keeps Going and Going and Going..... alf is off and running with more ideas for adaptations of Jon Udell's LibraryLookup bookmarklet. He proposed the following in an email message: "Set up an SFX server like this one: (http://demo.exlibrisgroup.com:9003/demo) so that we can use an SFX Lookup bookmarklet (http://www.pmbrowser.info/hublog/archives/000016.html) to find resources. (As an example, try it on an abstract page in HubMed: http://www.pmbrowser.info/pmdisplay.cgi?issn=07302312&;uids=12520538)   Sign up to WorldCat, so that we can find books by geographical location (see the link to the OCLC WorldCat service if you run the SFX Lookup bookmarklet on the abstract page above). WorldCat also provides the 'other formats for this book' service you asked for." Excellent! [The Shifted Librarian] >>The library I work for recently (last week) installed a new opac (Online Public Access Catalog). The Aleph 500, made by a company called A Libris. One of the many widgets that came with: was this SFX interface. Dealing with a new opac is a little traumatic not least back in the cataloging department. So I had made a note to check out the buzz and find out just what SFX can deliver when I could. I had that penciled in for some time in March. The All Consuming web site I knew about previously: it peels book reviews off of weblogs and aggregates them so you can see what other people with your shared dementia are reading, now technology will tell you where to find the book as well. 10:01:40 AM    comment [];

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