Hi Satu, I don't think anyone replied to your enquiry, so I'll just chip in to say that it isn't currently possible to do this out of the box.
There was a patch to add "Request a copy" functionality to earlier versions of DSpace and we first implemented this, along with an embargo facility, several years ago - with subsequent upgrades, I've had to hack the code to get it to work with later versions, but we are now running v1.6.2 with this feature added (hooked in to both our home grown embargo feature for older items, and the new built in embargo feature) - see http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2130. There is information here - https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/RequestCopy - but you'll need someone who is comfortable updating/recompiling the DSpace code in order to implement it - it was last updated for v1.4.2, so it won't work out of the box for later versions of DSpace, but, if memory serves, the changes needed to get it to work with v1.6 weren't rocket science . . . Would be good if this feature were added to DSpace at some point though - it is, after all, the flip side of the new embargo facility (I did put it in as a request when the embargo feature was being scoped), and the basic code already exists in this patch :-) Hope that helps. Mike Michael White Research Information System (RIS) Project Information Services S8, Library University of Stirling Stirling SCOTLAND FK9 4LA Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1786 466877 Fax: +44 (0) 1786 466880 http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/aboutis/teams/aldt/eld.php -----Original Message----- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 14:39:50 -0000 From: "S Nieminen" <[email protected]> Subject: [Dspace-general] Adding "request PDF" button to item records To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <01df01cbd81e$84fdb8b0$8ef92a10$@[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi everyone, Is it possible to offer a button on DSpace item records allowing the visitor to "request PDF"? Ta Satu Ms Satu Nieminen eResources Librarian University of Bradford JB Priestley Library Richmond Road, BD7 1DP Email: [email protected] Tel: 01274 233400 http://www.brad.ac.uk/library/index.php <http://www.bradford.ac.uk/external/> -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-general
