Presented at Ex Libris DC User Meeting 2009. Explores the FHL Mobile Catalog interface, a development to allow IDB staff to check the catalog using mobiles devices.
How to Troubleshoot Apps for the Modern Connected Worker
ALEPH Mobile OPAC. How hard is to make it simple?
1. ALEPH MobileOPACHow HARD is to make it SIMPLE? Rodrigo Calloni, rcalloni@iadb.org Systems/Electronic Information Resources Librarian The Felipe Herrera Library Washington D.C., October2008
2. Questions Howmanyhave a mobilephone? Howmanyhave a smatphone? Howmany use thesmartphone to accessthe internet? Howmany use thesmartphone to work? Howmanywatch ?
13. What’sNext? My Library Card – ALEPH extension XXX50 is used for UserAdminPages My Library Card – Solution – From El Commons (Daniel Forsman) – Bycreating a Language (mob) wecanredsign the pages SFX Integration – Need to Redesign SFX Menu for Iphonetoo! FHL iPhoneApp – NotonlyCatalog, AllServices!
15. Being More Techinical The TABS $alephe_tab/tab_base.eng $XXX01_tab/edit_doc_999.eng.mobil $XXX01_tab/www_tab_short.eng.mobil $XXX01_tab /www_f_sort_heading.eng
19. Being More Techinical – The TABS $XXX01_tab/www_tab_short.eng.mobil Suggesteddefinition for “ResultsList” 1 L Author 02---A01---A 00 00 0100 S 9 - ## 1#### 700## 710## 711##2 L Title 03---A01---A 00 00 0200 S ## 245##3 L Year 01---D02---A 00 00 0100 S ## YR4 L Library (Owned/Out) 00 00 0100 L ## ITM+5 L Call Number 00 00 0100 D ## 050## 852##6 L Find IT! 00 00 0100 L ## SFX7 L URL 00 00 2000 S ## 856##8 L Imprint 00 00 0100 S ## 260##9 L System Number 00 00 0100 S ## SYS
20. Being More Techinical – The TABS $XXX01_tab /www_f_sort_heading.eng Add the followingline for AutomaticRankSort in ResultsList (from TCU) ! This is for Automatic Rank TCU 01---A02---A Year (ascending)/Author Year(a)/Author Do youneedthis? NO... ifyoudon’twantAutomaticRanksorting (anyway, more settings are required!)
21. Being More Techinical – The HTMLs Herethey are... ...don’tworry, files willbe in El Commons for you!
22. Being More Techinical – The HTMLs Remarks meta-tags-mobil To make OPAC fit the device screen: <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width"> The CSS! If you forgot… make it Simple! <link rel="stylesheet" href="your.css.file.css" type="text/css" /> To create an icon for the iPhone Home Screen (57x57 pixels) <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="your.icon.location.png" />
24. Being More Techinical – The HTMLs Remarks Lots of JavaScript (simple) on the following files short-a-body-mobil– to create the Results List (from table to brief); cleaning up some ALEPH hardcoded garbage (like <BR> when field is empty); rules to identify “digital objects” and transform “Title” into a jump to “Full Text” link item-global-body-mobil – to create the Holdings screen; cleaning ALEPG garbage; some rules to display more user-friendly circulation status like “On Shelf” or “On Line”
29. Being More Techinical – The HTMLs Remarks Book Covers (GoogleBooks API) in ResultsList Not supported by Ex Libris; local development that worked for FHL (maybe not for you!) For eachreturnedresulta secondrequestwillbemade to the serverfor the display of the book cover It could cause performance issues in librarieswith a higherusagethen FHL No “No Cover” for books not in GoogleBooks; hope to solve thissoon It works reallywell for us!
30. Being More Techinical – The HTMLs Remarks Book Covers (GoogleBooks API) in ResultsList
32. ALEPH MobileOPACHow HARD is to make it SIMPLE? Rodrigo Calloni, rcalloni@iadb.org Systems/Electronic Information Resources Librarian The Felipe Herrera Library Washington D.C., October2008