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Featured Item Lists for the Non-Programmer
Bob DuncanLafayette College
Featured Item Lists for the Non-Programmer
…how to look like an expert without really being one…
http://www.lafayette.edu/
~library/bd/iugdcAll scripts and instructions are available from the above site. Expect a redirect to a different address sometime prior to September 2008.
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NOTICE:
My PowerPoint presentations are not intended to stand alone absent my commentary and occasional witty banter: Some slides may not make sense. Some slides may be totally meaningless. Some slides won’t make sense in printed form.
Feel free to email me for clarification on any of the information herein.
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Example of script Web page output
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Example of script feed output
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Example of feed source code
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Example of feed in FeedReader
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Using III feed token to group feeds
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Using III feed token to include feed
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III feed token in source
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History
Acq.pl Yuan Yao and Xiaowen Huang – 1999 (?) III review file → items listed by subject heading
Can be nasty looking Loss of context (“Brain” far from “Neuropsychology”)
Acq.pl a la Bob III review file → Word macro → items grouped by
requesting department/program III review file → items for a location, type, etc. III review file → items listed by call number
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Current
NewAcq.pl Based on Acq.pl Perl regular expressions replace Word macros III review file → items grouped by subject
RSS feeds by subject Extensible
Easily customized No Perl knowledge required
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External script vs. III “Featured Lists” Advantages
You decide: what to present how to present it
Free up lists (use one list for multiple subjects/feeds) Retain historical lists (if desired) RSS feeds (if desired)
Disadvantages File management Need to remember to do things
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Basic Requirements
Perl “distribution” ActiveState.com – ActivePerl
Web Server to display results Non-III preferred
Separate directory for feeds III will suffice
Call numbers that indicate something Someone working in Cataloging
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Handy tools
Create Lists familiarity Email access
III review file “listed” to email Good text editor
Notepad++ Good FTP client
FileZilla Techno freedom
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Component activities
III-based activities Generate the review file List the data
Local activities Get the data Run the script
Edit once Proofread the results Serve the results
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III-based activities
Generate the review file (Lafayette specific)LINKED REC exists to ITEM
BCODE3 equal to “-”
PUBLISHER not equal to “”
TITLE At Least one Field doesn't have “electronic resource”
MARC Tag 035 All Fields don't have “ssj”
Above criteria saved as Saved Search
CAT DATE between “ - - “ and “ - - “
Range of records: ~70,000 (Lafayette specific) Sort by title
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III-based activities, cont. List the data
Call # TITLE PUBLISHER Call # RECORD #
2 blank lines between Do not number records Each field on new line Display labels No uppercase titles
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CALL # = PS3569.L695 A64 2000. TITLE = Abe : a novel / Richard Slotkin. PUBLISHER = New York : H. Holt and Co., c2000. CALL # = PS3569.L695 A64 2000. RECORD # = b17244067.
CALL # = N72.H63 G63 2007. TITLE = Abstraction and the Holocaust / Mark Godfrey. PUBLISHER = New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2007. CALL # = N72.H63 G63 2007. RECORD # = b17240657.
Script depends on this format:
If your field labels are different, the script or the input file will need to be edited!!!
At least two lines between records
is required!
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III-based activities, cont.
“Print” to email Consider diacritics issue
Script will convert III {diacritics} to HTML character entity references
No print to email? Export solution in the works
Nothing else to say on a slide? Just add a bullet point
…or two …or three
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Local activities
Customize the Perl script(s) Should be one time deal
Receive the email Save as text file
Run the Perl script Proofread the output FTP the file(s) Look like a genius
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Local activities – customize script(s) NewAcq_container.pl
Code for top / bottom of Web page List of items appears between
NewAcq_call2subject.pl Converts call numbers to subjects
Edit only if more than DDC and/or LC
NewAcq.pl The big enchilada
Library-specific variables
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Local activities – customize script(s) NewAcq_container.pl
Code for top / bottom of Web page Perl subroutines are called by the main script
Content appears in <div> element between the header code and the footer code
sub insert_header {print OUT <<EOM; HTML code for the top of your page goes hereEOM}
sub insert_footer {print OUT <<EOM; HTML code for the bottom of your page goes hereEOM}
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NewAcq_container.plsubroutine for footer
sub insert_footer {print OUT <<EOM; HTML code EOM}
Last updated $dateus
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Local activities – customize script(s) NewAcq_call2subject.pl
Converts call numbers to subjects Perl subroutines are called by the main script
Edit only if you have call numbers in addition to DDC and/or LC, e.g., “Fiction” or “Juvenile”
Basic regular expression syntax: s/ find this / replace with this /g; Literal strings and wildcards
s/\n\nCALL # = AV:.*\n/SUBJECT = Videos/g;
s/\n\nCALL # = FICTION.*\n/SUBJECT = Fiction/g;
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NewAcq_call2subject.plsubroutine for special call
numbers
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Local activities – customize script(s) NewAcq.pl
The big enchilada Library-specific variables
Basic syntax: $VariableName = “TextString” ; $VariableName = Numeral ;
Examples:$inputfile = "newacq_LC.txt" ;
$catlink = "Full Catalog Record." ;
$displaycallno = 0 ;
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NewAcq.plLibrary-specific variables
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Library-specific variables – FILES $inputfile
Path/name of text file from III $outputfile
Path/name of the Web page that will be created $pagetitle
Title of the Web page $localfeedsdir
Path to the folder on the local computer where the feed files should be created
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Library-specific variables – FEEDS $wantfeeds
Do you want to create feeds? $feedserver
Where the feeds will live $feedlinks
Do you want to see links to the feeds from the Web page?
$rssimage Path/name of image file for link to feeds
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Library-specific variables – OPAC LINKS $serverbase
Your III server URL (for links to catalog records) $catlink
Text for the links to catalog records $newwindow
Do you want the links to catalog records in a new window?
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Library-specific variables – DISPLAY $displaynavlinks
Do you want internal navigation links? $navlinksform
Format for the internal nav links to take $displaycallno
Do you want to see the call # on the Web page? $displaypub
Do you want to see the publisher on the Web page?
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Library-specific variables – CALL #s $lcc
Do you have Library of Congress call numbers? $ddc
Do you have Dewey call numbers? $ddclevel
What level of granularity for Dewey do you want? $specialcall
Do you have call numbers other than LC or DDC?
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Local activities – receive the email Mail client (Eudora, Outlook, etc.)
Save message as text Web mail
Save as above (if possible) OR Copy/paste list of records
File name = value of $inputfile variable Make sure:
No headers in text file File starts with at least two blank lines Each field starts on a new line
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Local activities – run the script Run the script
Make sure: Input file is where it should be Local directory for feeds exists
Double-click Command line
U:\acq pl>perl NewAcq.pl Turn on warning:
U:\acq pl>perl –w NewAcq.pl
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Local activities – the rest…
Proofread the output Occasional “odd” subject Adjust links to other pages?
FTP the files File management issues
More scripting?
Look like a genius The gift that keeps on giving…
