Replace services menu functionality in full view (jQuery)

Tags: 00code00 , javascript , jquery , ajax , opac
Last Updated: Aug 06, 2010 16:07

• Description

  Here is a simple jQuery snippet you can use to pull additional data into your full view (or any other files in your catalog).
  In this example we use it to query the X-Server to show us the number of additional records linked with the given classification code, and link it. Users can instantly see what's linked without having to click through to the default service menu window.

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• Author: Daniel Zimmel
• Additional author(s):
• Institution: Max Planck Gesellschaft
• Year: 2010

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• License: BSD style
• Short description: Use, modification and distribution of the code are permitted provided the copyright notice, list of conditions and disclaimer appear in all related material.
• Link to terms: [Detailed license terms]

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• Skill required for using this code:
  basic

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State

Stable

Programming language

Javascript

Software requirements

jquery.js, X-Server (+ a proxy script if you have generally restricted access to your X-Server)

Author(s) homepage

http://aleph.mpg.de/F

Download

see code below

Working example

http://aleph.mpg.de/F?func=direct&doc_number=000101920&local_base=rdg01&con_lng=eng

Using the following Ex Libris open interfaces

Aleph X-Server

Installation instructions

Example 1: replace notation links using the X-Server (AJAX)

1. to access the MARC/MAB fields, store the ALEPH variables as IDs in your full-999-body:

2. copy code snippet to your full-set-tail & direct-tail. Modify queries/search codes and CSS-IDs to your needs (CSS-IDs are for German MAB)

Example 2: Replace links to the services menu with find links

Additionally, jQuery allows you to easily replace the services menu by simply linking to the search:

Be aware, though, that this example only does a keyword search with the subject text, and does not use the authorities records number.

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