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SFX | Related Book Services
Background Information
CARLI encourages you to consider implementing SFX's Related Book Services.
CARLI staff have enabled a connection from SFX to OCLC's xISBN service to enhance retrieval from the I-Share Universal Catalog when users select the I-Share target in an SFX Menu.
For example, a Source may list the ISBN 0439064872 for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in its record. Formerly this would have created a query in the OPAC that included only one ISBN:
You Searched: Boolean Search = ISBN "0439064872"
SFX can now use the xISBN service to find alternative ISBNs for different editions of the same work and will use those ISBNs as alternative search criteria when it connects the user to the Target database. The SFX Menu itself is unchanged, but SFX's link to I-Share contains eleven ISBNs connected with an "OR" so the user will retrieve more records:
You Searched: Builder = (0439064872 OR 0613287142 OR 0807281948 OR 1402566980 OR 0807281913 OR 0747538492 OR 0439420105 OR 0786222735 OR 0439554896 OR 1594130019 OR 0747560722)
Getting Started
If the only OPAC Target that appears on your institution's SFX Menu is the I-Share/Universal Catalog Target that is activated on the CARLI shared instance no further steps are required to implement Related Book Services.
If you have an OPAC Target activated in your local SFX instance, you will need to enable Related Book Services by following the steps below in order for your users to benefit from them. Chapter 8 of the SFX General User's Guide also provides background information.
Implementation Steps
- The SFX General User's Guide will tell you that the first step toward implementing Related Book Services is to update the ctx_object.config file by adding a new section. CARLI has already done this for you.
- The second step is to establish an OCLC affiliate ID for your library. This is free, fast, and important because it will distinguish requests from your library's SFX instance on the CARLI server from other SFX instances on the same server. The OCLC affiliate ID application form is available at http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/do/AffiliateUserServices?method=initSelfRegister. This is the same form OCLC uses for multiple services, so some of the information the form requires is not relevant to integrating xISBN with SFX. (OCLC support people say the form will be revised soon.)
User Name: The entry you select will become the affiliate_id you enter into SFX. It can be anything, but CARLI recommends you use "sfx***," where *** is the three-letter code for your library.
Password: This will not be required to configure SFX; it relates to OCLC only; set it as you see fit.
Name and Email Address: Enter the name and address of the individual at your library who will be responsible for configuring SFX to use xISBN.
Organization Name: Enter the name of your library or parent institution.
Web Site: Enter the URL of your library's web page. This information is not relevant to integrating xISBN with SFX, but OCLC collects it in order to know who is using their services. ("Web Site" is on the form for the sake of libraries that want to add a WorldCat search box to their library web page.)
- The third and final step to implement Related Book Services is to edit the related_isbn.config_ file in SFX. Editing may be done via the UNIX File Manager, or you may request a copy of the file from support@carli.illinois.edu. There are several implementation options described in the General User's Guide. (Libraries are free to experiment with the ThingISBN alternative to xISBN if they are interested in doing so.) For a straightforward implementation of the xISBN Related Book Service, CARLI recommends updating the highlighted fields in the related_isbn.config_ file.
UNIX File Manager > config > related_isbn.config_
Section "general_settings"
use_related_isbn_lookup "1"
# possible methods are xISBN or thingISBN
method "xISBN"
# base url for OCLC xISBN service
xISBN_baseurl "http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/"
# base url for thingISBN service
thingISBN_baseurl "http://www.librarything.com/api/thingISBN/"
# possible types are augmentation or target_parser
query_type "target_parser"
# related ISBN query timeout in seconds
query_timeout "3"
maximum_results_to_use "10"
# use/do not use ISBNs in languages different from originating ISBN
use_additional_languages "0"
# include/do not include OCLC affiliate id in request for statistics
use_affiliate_id "1"
EndSection
Section "subscription"
use_subscription "1"
# possible values are token or ip
subscription_type ""
# ip address of SFX server or gateway
ip ""
# for access token subscription
token ""
# for access token subscription: secret token value
secret ""
# for ip controlled access and statistics
affiliate_id "YourAffilliateID"
EndSection
If you have questions, please send them to support@carli.illinois.edu.
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