Originally posted elsewhere. Despite the direction of my original request, I'm getting such good developer-level responses to this question that I'm reposting to code4lib to say if you are doing something interesting, I'm interested.
Karen G. Schneider On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:13:32 -0400, "K.G. Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > For a report I'm writing, I'm hunting around for interesting and > successful uses of end-user-oriented WorldCat affiliate tools and search > extensions (or interesting and UNsuccessful deployments...), such as: > > * WorldCat Search Box. Creates a WorldCat search box on home pages, > blogs, and other websites; available preconfigured in two sizes, but (I > think) can be tweaked for other configurations. Requires (free) WorldCat > registration. > > * WorldCat links with embedded search terms. OCLC provides syntaxes for > deeplinking to WorldCat results, suitable for embedding in courseware, > etc. > > * Other things: a Firefox browser search extension and a Yahoo! toolbar > for Internet Explorer that allow WorldCat searches from browser > toolbars, and a Google toolbar for either Internet Explorer or Firefox > that links directly to WorldCat results when it detects ISBNs on web > pages. > > (Interesting uses of xISBN, WorldCat registry search/detail, or the > OpenURL Gateway also welcome, but not as central.) > > I see some of these tools on various library websites, and use a couple > of them myself, but I'm looking more carefully for the benefits/payback > of these tools beyond "yup, it's on our website" or "I use it myself." > > Writing under the umbrella of biblio-officialdom I am -- > > Karen G. Schneider > Research & Development > College Center for Library Automation > http://www.cclaflorida.org > Voice: 850-922-3159 > AIM/Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Web4lib mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/
