Re: [IUG] Custom Web Development with III Interfaces

[Adam Brin <abrin at brynmawr dot edu>]

Have you looked at the "Patron API".  It does some of what you'd like, a
lot probably depends on the user info in the portal though...

See manual page: 102376

- adam

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Ryan Shelley wrote:

> We are simply trying to aggregate information into a portal framework
> for, primarily, our students.  They would still have access to the
> web services provided by Millennium, but we want to put a small
> subset of that information within our new portal as well.  Students
> don't log in to the library's webpage every day, so they might forget
> when their books are due, however, if we can provide a small summary
> view within our portal, which students will have to log into every
> day (to get their mail, calendar, class information, homework,
> announcements, etc), then they might remember that their books are
> due or they need to renew them.  They don't NEED this feature, but
> it'd be a nice tool to provide the students.  It's my job to
> implement new resources that make the student's experience on campus
> simpler, and this would be one tool, in a larger toolbox, that might
> be useful.
>
> Ryan Shelley
> Lead Developer
> ITR Web Development/Middleware
> California State University, Northridge
>
> 818.677.4258
> rshelley at csun dot edu
>
>
>
> On Sep 15, 2006, at 1:39 PM, Card, Sandra wrote:
>
> > Since a patron can see their checked out books, holds, fines, renew
> > books, and various other functions within III's WEB OPAC, depending
> > upon
> > what functions a Library has turned on for the WEB OPAC, it is not
> > clear
> > what you are trying to accomplish?  Why do you need to repurpose data?
> > Can't your portal just have a link to the Library's View your Library
> > Record page?  I looked at CSUN's Library Catalog and it does have that
> > functions.  Plus if a function called My Millennium were turned on (I
> > can't tell if it is since I am not at CSUN), the library can do
> > further
> > customization.
> >
> >
> > Sandra Card
> > Library, CSULA
> > 323-343-4894
> > scard at calstatela dot edu
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> > [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Ryan Shelley
> > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 1:22 PM
> > To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
> > Subject: [IUG] Custom Web Development with III Interfaces
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm researching the possibly of developing a custom web app that
> > repurposes data from within III's Millennium product.  Our
> > university is
> > currently developing a new portal and we would like to include a small
> > summary of books the student has checked out as well as holds
> > (and if possible, search the catalog and renew checked out books).
> > The library has chosen to use the native database for Millennium,
> > so I'm
> > looking at alternatives for retrieving this information.  I could
> > easily
> > proxy a user's login and "screenscrape" the page for checked
> > out books and holds, however, that approach is extremely fragile.
> > I'd like to use a more robust integration point to gather this
> > information real-time.  I spoken with developers at several other
> > campuses and they've expressed a similar interest, but have been
> > unable
> > to develop a decent solution.  I also attempted to gather some
> > information from our Customer Service rep at III but she was less
> > than cooperative with even a simple discovery.   I know that if
> > something can be developed, many other campuses and organizations
> > could
> > benefit from it. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Ryan Shelley
> > Lead Developer
> > ITR Web Development/Middleware
> > California State University, Northridge
> >
> > 818.677.4258
> > rshelley at csun dot edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
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