Setting up the Amazon link

[Elizabeth Thomsen <et@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At my IUG presentation on Millennium Create Lists, I showed a list of 
things that can be done from the Bib/Item screen:
http://www.noblenet.org/swapshop/lists/record.htm

One of the things we're using is a link to Amazon.  If the bib record on 
the screen has an ISBN, the "Review: Amazon" link is available. 
Clicking on this link does an ISBN search on Amazon and brings up the 
browser to Amazon's listing for that ISBN, if they have one.  We love 
having this access to more information about books, especially when 
we're working on things like replacements and booklists.

Several people at the sessions wanted more information on how we set 
this up, which was embarrassing because I was a little hazy on the 
details, and others have written to me since then.  So here's what I 
know about this, and how it's set up on our system.  There may be other 
ways to do this, or other issues involved, and you may need to contact 
III for more information.  My understanding is that all libraries get 
one free link like this, and that anything additional requires 
WebBridge, which we don't own.

We set up the link through MilAcq, choosing Web Links from the Admin 
menu. The entry has the following information--

Display name: Amazon
URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/<ISBN>
Display: y
Type: r

Once that was set up, we just needed to turn on the display in the 
various clients (MilCirc, MilCat, etc.) through Settings-- it's Bib 
Display-->Show URL Links.

See it:
http://www.noblenet.org/swapshop/lists/amazonlink1.gif
http://www.noblenet.org/swapshop/lists/amazonlink2.gif
http://www.noblenet.org/swapshop/lists/amazonlink2.gif

The only reference that I can find to this in the Manual is in MilAcq, 
Page # 100808.

And that's all I know on this.  Good luck with it-- I couldn't live 
without this.

-- 

Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers MA 01923
et@xxxxxxxxxx