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Goal:

Scenarios to evaluate:

1. Put up a web page that would do a search of Voyager and support a button on the results that would forward an OpenURL into Ares. Create a page that opens from Ares into a version of the catalog with the OpenURL button. We believe this could be done using a simple page with an iframe to house the catalog.
   1. Issues:
      1. how to extract data from Voyager, or WorldCat, to be sent via OpenURL.
   2. Pros:
      1. easier access control
   3. Cons:
      1. duplicating search functions - tricky.
2. Add a button to the Voyager Web interface on the results display that would forward an OpenURL into Ares.
   1. Issues:
      1. where should the button go?
      2. how do we limit access to faculty (or do we need to do this within Voyager)?
   2. Pros:
      1. simple
   3. Cons:
      1. unnatural?

Aspects:

1. Voyager Web Services
2. Direct Oracle Access

Evaluation Criteria:

1. ease of use for patrons (Tom, Jesse)
2. impact on staff workflow (Tom, Jesse)
3. estimates of developer effort (Rick),
4. who should do development work, when can the work be fit into existing priorities (Adam)

Deadlines:

• 10/27: Initial brainstorming meeting to discuss scenarios, issues, etc.
• TBD:
  • Investigate options, implications for above scenarios.
  • Make recommendations to Dean Krafft.
• 12/20: Implementation goal?

(For face-to-face meetings, schedule in mornings so Tom can attend, he is on call in afternoon.)

Resources:

Open url can be accessed and is active on the Ares server at this address:
https://cornell.ares.atlas-sys.com/ares/ares.dll/OpenURL

This is an example of submitting a title and ISXN:
https://cornell.ares.atlas-sys.com/ares/ares.dll/OpenURL?isbn=0836218310&title=The+Far+Side+Gallery+3

Ares limited documentation on OpenUrl:
https://prometheus.atlas-sys.com/display/ARE/Configuring+OpenURL+Mapping+and+OpenURL+Destinations

The mapping table in the Ares Admin Suite.

People:

1. Rick Silterra, Voyager guru.
2. Tom Trutt, Ares wizard.
3. Jesse Koennecke, OpenURL expert.
4. Adam Chandler, if needed--worked with Jesse on OpenURL implementation.
5. Adam Smith, coordinating discussion.

Reporting our findings to Dean Krafft.