On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/17/13 1:16 PM, Tom Morris wrote: > >> So, for your example, starting here: >> >> http://openlibrary.org/books/**OL24187726M/Guy_Mannering<http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24187726M/Guy_Mannering> >> >> It's currently two clicks to get the MARC/XML for the e-book, but that >> could be reduced to a single click. >> > > Actually, you can click through to the original record, but not to the > record that has been modified to represent the ebook -- since that happens > on the fly in response to the _archive_marc URL. > > Would it be better to just incorporate it into the page on the site >> (down with the rest of the "download catalog record" options) rather >> than having it as a browser plugin? Who is the target consumer of these >> records? >> > > Brewster has said in the past that he is not in favor of having OL be a > source of MARC records. I'm assuming that he would not want a link added to > the OL page for a MARC record that would be intended to be consumed into > library systems. But obviously that would be the easiest option. (The link > to the original record has flown under the radar, but in any case it's not > a valid record for the ebook.) > It seems totally weird to me to veto functionality that users find useful, but as an interim step I've created the bookmarklet that you requested. Just create a bookmark with a mnemonic name, e.g. "OL MARC", and use the following line for the content: javascript:var epub = document.querySelector("div#readBooks a[href*=epub]").getAttribute('href'); var marc = epub.replace(".epub","_archive_marc.xml");window.open(marc); If you're on an OL edition page which links to an ePub, it'll open the MARC record in a new window when you click the bookmark. Tom > > As for consumers, there are library systems that would like to add a > selection of records for free ebooks into their catalogs. They do NOT want > the full 1.n million records, they want only a select few. I am working on > a grant to try to identify sets of records that would facilitate this. We > don't know yet exactly what the preferences are for ingesting these records. > > kc > > >> Tom >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Tom, >> >> I was thinking of starting at an ol Edition page. So someone would >> discover the book they want using OL, and then could click on a >> plug-in >> that would grab the OL ID, create the relevant URL (I'm assuming the >> one >> formatted as "_archive_marc"). At that point, I think it would be >> ideal >> if the URL was opened in a new browser window. At that point, the user >> would have to save the MARC XML from the browser page. Even better >> would >> be if instead of a page it created an actual download to a file. >> >> Clear? >> >> kc >> >> On 6/17/13 10:34 AM, Tom Morris wrote: >> > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Karen Coyle <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> > >> > >> > The other thing is that it would be great to have a browser >> plug-in that >> > creates this from any page with an archive ID. Does that >> sound feasible? >> > If so, I think I'll start a section of the projects page for >> "proposed >> > projects." >> > >> > >> > Can you give an example of a starting point? I'm unclear on what >> you >> > would like. >> > >> > There's already a link to the e-edition MARC/XML on this page: >> > >> http://archive.org/details/**cu31924075867089<http://archive.org/details/cu31924075867089> >> > >> > A link could be added here as well: >> > >> http://openlibrary.org/show-**records/ia:cu31924075867089<http://openlibrary.org/show-records/ia:cu31924075867089>but >> I'm >> not sure >> > if you're talking about starting at an archive.org >> <http://archive.org> <http://archive.org> >> >> > page, an OpenLibrary page, or an arbitrary page on the web. >> > >> > Tom >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://kcoyle.net >> ph: 1-510-540-7596 <tel:1-510-540-7596> >> m: 1-510-435-8234 <tel:1-510-435-8234> >> >> skype: kcoylenet >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Ol-tech mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech<http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> Ol-tech-unsubscribe@archive.**org >> <[email protected]><mailto: >> Ol-tech-unsubscribe@**archive.org <[email protected]>> >> >> >> > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet >
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