Re: New Book list in academic environment

["Todd Brown" <TODDBROW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Our library takes a slightly different approach than what I have seen
mentioned so far. We use PHP and MySQL to create our new list
monthly(http://www.icpl.org/catalog/lists/newmaterials.php). The
initial programming took several hours but now it only takes 10-15
minutes each month to run the list of new materials and dump it into the
MySQL database. We run the list and export it to a delimited file.
Another PHP page deletes last months data and pulls in the new data from
the exported file. Each collection has a separate PHP page that takes
care of generating the list each time a user hits that page. I would be
happy to share the PHP pages and the database structure if anyone wants
to play with it.


Todd Brown
Electronic Resources Librarian
Iowa City Public Library
123 S. Linn St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
319-887-6033
toddbrow@xxxxxxxxxx

>>> scaturro@xxxxxxxxxx 09/18/03 01:58PM >>>

Is anyone using "Create Lists" to create a new book list for each
discipline each semester?  



Frank Scaturro
Computer Operations Manager
Adelphi  University / Library
1 South Ave - Garden City , NY 11530


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