Goal:
Explore scenarios for getting OpenURLs for reserve items from Voyager into Ares.
Scenarios to evaluate:
- 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.
- Issues:
- how to extract data from Voyager, or WorldCat, to be sent via OpenURL.
- Pros:
- easier access control
- Cons:
- duplicating search functions - tricky.
- Issues:
- Add a button to the Voyager Web interface on the results display that would forward an OpenURL into Ares.
- Issues:
- where should the button go?
- how do we limit access to faculty (or do we need to do this within Voyager)?
- Pros:
- simple
- Cons:
- unnatural?
- Issues:
Aspects:
- Voyager Web Services
- Direct Oracle Access
Evaluation Criteria:
- ease of use for patrons (Tom, Jesse)
- impact on staff workflow (Tom, Jesse)
- estimates of developer effort (Rick),
- 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:
- Rick Silterra, Voyager guru.
- Tom Trutt, Ares wizard.
- Jesse Koennecke, OpenURL expert.
- Adam Chandler, if needed--worked with Jesse on OpenURL implementation.
- Adam Smith, coordinating discussion.
Reporting our findings to Dean Krafft.