RE: Book Jacket and Tables of Contents Vendors

[Elizabeth Thomsen <et at noblenet dot org>]

We have the thumbnails on the results screen, as well as the record 
screen, and are happy with the way this looks.  What are the philosophical 
issues-- that readers will be biased toward choosing books that have cover 
images?  

My one regret (and enhancement request) for this is that we'd like to be 
able to specify different size images for the results list and for the 
record page.  On the results list, we want the smallest ones, both to 
avoid overwhelming the results list and to avoid delays in all the images 
appearing.  But on the record page, we'd like the medium images, or 
possibly even the large ones.  (Have you noticed all those GIGANTIC cover 
images that Amazon is now using?)

Elizabeth

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Young, Michelle wrote:

> John (and others),
> 
> Our library is currently implementing III and are purchasing Syndetic
> Solutions.  I like your idea of using it to promote your new books (I
> assume you used create lists to generate your new books list??) Very
> nice!
> 
> 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! 
> 
> Thanks,
> Michelle 
> 
> Michelle L. Young, MLS               
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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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