RE: Book Jacket and Tables of Contents Vendors

["Leo Papa" <papal at cantonpl dot org>]

> John (and others),
>
> My question to you and the group is:
>
> What were your reasons to not have the thumbnail appear on your initial
> search results screen? We are looking into whether or not to put it on
> both the initial results and then on the record level. There is a great
> deal of philosophical controversy surrounding this issue. Any input
> would be great!

We took book jackets off of our title browse list because they added a lot
of vertical space to the screen display.  We wanted to display a longer
list of titles in this  browse. Patrons only see the jackets when they
select a bibliographic view.

Leo

>
> Thanks,
> Michelle
>
> Michelle L. Young, MLS
> Virginia Tech, University Libraries
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of John Dillon
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:00 PM
> To: IUG INNOPAC List
> Subject: RE: Book Jacket and Tables of Contents Vendors
>
> Fred,
>
> We've been playing around with using book jacket images as another way
> to help promote our new books each month.  We have a sample of book
> jackets rotating on our mainmenu screen that we usually update monthly.
> We also have the dustjackets hyperlinked to the bib to give users more
> info., and we use a couple related pages to offer users different ways
> to browse them.
>
> Feel free to poke around.  We'd be interested in any feedback.  See:
>
> http://library.anselm.edu/
> http://library.anselm.edu/screens/bookshelf.html
> http://library.anselm.edu/screens/fullbymonth.html	etc.
>
>
> hth,
>
> John
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> John Dillon
> Geisel Library
> Saint Anselm College
> 100 Saint Anselm Drive
> Manchester, NH 03012
> Email:  jdillon at Anselm.edu
> 603-641-7349
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org]On Behalf Of Fred Gertler
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:55 PM
> To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
> Subject: Book Jacket and Tables of Contents Vendors
>
>
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Santa Clara University is starting to explore ways to open-up our
> collection through the use of Book Jackets and Tables of Contents. We
> know of Syndetics Solutions and Blackwell's as reputable and reliable
> vendors for these services. We would greatly appreciate hearing of
> others that you have used and are pleased with.
>
> We would also like to know if any academic libraries have incorporated
> these services into their WebOPACs. If you have, and wouldn't mind us
> poking around a bit, please send your URL. You have our thanks in
> advance.
>
> I look forward to seeing many of you at the IUG meeting in a couple of
> weeks.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Fred Gertler
> Santa Clara University
> Michel Orradre Library
> Head, Customer Services
> Interim Political Science Subject Specialist
> Santa Clara, CA 95053
> Phone: 408-554-6808
> EMAIL: fgertler at scu dot edu
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Leo Papa
System Librarian
Canton Public Library
papal at cantonpl dot org
734.397.0999 ext 160
fax 734.397.1130