Arricchire lOPAC in modo semplice e sempre aggiornato Ian Pattenden

“Arricchire l’OPAC in modo semplice e sempre aggiornato”

Ian Pattenden

• Owned by CIG, business unit of

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“Our” world

“Their” world

Let’s bring them together!

Authoritative enrichment

11 million titles ISBN linking Subscription so always up-to-date Customised to your collection Fully hosted by Bowker – no local scanning/uploading English / Italian / German / Spanish / Swedish / AV Your users can see beyond MARC without leaving the OPAC Add colour – sell your collection! Syndetic Solutions http://160.97.80.2:8998/F

CONTENUTO ITALIANO 220.000 immagini di copertine 250.000 riassunti

Authoritative enrichment

Recently launched

Same content, new delivery method No additional fee for Syndetic Solutions subscribers Widget Standard HTML code Greater compatibility with more systems Little or no back-end/ILS-specific integration Makes enrichments more obvious to the user Fits with your own branding – optional CSS Syndetics Plus Syndetics Plus

Recently launched

Aiding discoverability

TOCs and Summaries Enrichments are “OPAC add-ons” They can also be indexed alongside MARC to power searching too Ensure relevant resources are not overlooked Syndetics ICE

Aiding discoverability

User enrichment

www.librarything.com Free to use social networking site for booklovers Launched 2005, now over 1 million members worldwide 47 million books catalogued 59 million tags added Over 400,000 book reviews

User enrichment

Enhance MARC without touching it Add detail and connections created by LibraryThing.com members Allow your users to interact with the OPAC 4 distinct parts:

Content Reviews ShelfBrowse Library Anywhere Library Anywhere

User enrichment

User enrichment

…in modo semplice…

System neutral Complete set-up instructions Widget No need for updating/maintenance – automatic ISBN linking

Export MARC records and upload them to your LTfL account Add a few lines of HTML to your OPAC template OPAC-specific instructions to follow Customise position/colours etc

…e sempre aggiornato!

Enrichments held on our servers, not in your MARC records We apply weekly updates New content delivered as soon as ISBN added Comprehensive data feeds from publishers/partners

Once set up, very little maintenance required Re-load your MARC records as often as you wish New tags and reviews being added all the time by:

LibraryThing.com members LTfL users via OPACs

Grazie!

For more information, a quotation and/or free trial access, please feel free to contact me by email ian.pattenden@bowker.co.uk and/or contact our Italian distributor:

www.bowker.com/syndetics/

www.librarything.com/forlibraries/