Related books links in Aleph OPAC

Tags: aleph , opac , elympics
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2010 13:32

Description
This extension to the Aleph OPAC provides links from the full record display to other related material on the catalogue. Links to other editions of the work are shown, as well as Amazon-style "people who borrowed this also borrowed..." type links based on the usage of the collections. Subject headings and classification numbers attached to the MARC records are also exploited to provide links to books on closely related subjects.
Author: Matthew Phillips
Institution: University of Dundee
Year: 2010
License: GNU Public General License
Link to terms: Detailed license terms
Skill required for using this code:
intermediate

State
Programming language
Software requirements
Screenshots
Working example
Using the following Ex Libris open interfaces
Release notes
Installation instructions
Known issues
Alternative version
Comments

State

Stable

Programming language

Perl

Software requirements

Standard Perl modules which are installed with Aleph are required. Two extra Oracle tables and indexes need to be created.

Screenshots

Working example

See the University of Dundee Library catalogue at http://library.dundee.ac.uk/F for a working example.

Some specific examples:

Begg: Economics http://library.dundee.ac.uk/F/?func=direct&doc_number=000620263

Goudie: The human impact on the natural environment http://library.dundee.ac.uk/F/?func=direct&doc_number=000551026

Jones: Criminal law http://library.dundee.ac.uk/F/?func=direct&doc_number=000625977

Using the following Ex Libris open interfaces

None

Release notes

First public release, 24 March 2010

Installation instructions

Download the attached Zip file and the detailed installation instructions, which come in the form of a Word document.

Known issues

This extension will probably need modifying if it is to function properly in a multi-ADM environment.

Alternative version

Michelângelo Mazzardo Marques Viana has supplied a modified version of this software which includes the option of showing other books with the same title, as an alternative to showing other editions. This will be of use particularly in countries for which the OCLC xISBN service does not have good coverage. If you wish to use this variation, please download the alternative script instead.

Some examples of this on the test catalogue of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:

http://verum.pucrs.br/F/?func=find-b&find_code=SYS&local_base=bce2&request=000057944

http://verum.pucrs.br/F/?func=find-b&find_code=SYS&local_base=bce2&request=000059658

http://verum.pucrs.br/F/?func=find-b&find_code=SYS&local_base=bce2&request=000072927

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