{"id":15,"date":"2006-07-03T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-03T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/if-amazoncom-was-truly-innovative\/"},"modified":"2006-07-03T05:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-03T11:14:00","slug":"if-amazoncom-was-truly-innovative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/03\/if-amazoncom-was-truly-innovative\/","title":{"rendered":"If Amazon.com was truly Innovative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" ><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" ><br \/>\nHey&#8230;wanna see what happens to Amazon when accessed through an Innovative Interfaces OPAC?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" ><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 102, 102);\">Click here<\/span>, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/library2.csusm.edu\/amazon\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" >If Amazon sucked like our old OPAC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" > .<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 102, 102);\"> Go on, I&#8217;ll wait.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" ><\/p>\n<p>If it can do this to a vibrant, dynamic site like Amazon, imagine how your collection <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">could<\/span> look if you didn&#8217;t have this type of OPAC interface.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" >This was created by <a href=\"http:\/\/public.csusm.edu\/dwalker\/\">David Walker<\/a>, Web Development Librarian at <a href=\"http:\/\/library.csusm.edu\/\">Cal State San Marcos<\/a> library, who has some really excellent projects in his blog, including:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/public.csusm.edu\/dwalker\/shrew\/\">Shrew<\/a>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;\" > system that provides a fully customizable and extensible interface to the Innovative catalog system, as well as a an SRU and OpenSearch server<\/span>.<span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" >(see this record for Vikram Seth&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/library.csusm.edu\/catalog\/sru\/example\/book_record.aspx?recordID=b1110743\">A suitable boy<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/public.csusm.edu\/dwalker\/rss_creator\/\">RSS Creator<\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">a system that leverages SFX and Metalib to create RSS feeds for any journal or newspaper indexed and abstracted in a library&#8217;s subscription databases. <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:arial;\" >I&#8217;m seriously impressed and just wish I had his skill set. 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