On 2013-02-21, at 3:50 PM, Mason James wrote: > > On 2013-02-21, at 9:49 AM, Joe Atzberger wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Nicole Engard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Frédéric Demians <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Isn't Open Library the solution? >> >> Yes, but most libraries aren't picking Open Library cause the images are so >> tini tiny :) So hopefully that is resolved in 3.12 or in a later 3.10 >> release so that I can start getting everyone to switch!! >> >> I regret to report that as of last week at #code4lib conference in Chicago, >> the status of Open Library as a jacket image source is rather questionable. >> It has not been loading updates since last summer and current development is >> in unrelated areas areas of interest (e.g. ebooks). It is unclear when this >> production/maintenance will be picked up and by whom. >> >> --Joe > > > hey Joe, long time no chat :) > > wow, thats a bummer - OpenLibrary was looking like the best option for > everyone :/ > > > Joe, did anyone at #code4lib agree on a better option for the distant future, > library-thing perhaps?
although, i should also mention that while OpenLibrary may not be actively adding new cover images ...there are still 13 million? *existing* cover-images at OL, that will hopefully remain available for us to use - until we sort a work-around :) _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
