Re: [IUG] Persistent record link format

[Elizabeth Thomsen <et at noblenet dot org>]

Thanks, Bob!

Actually, I didn't have to look very far to find an example of what I 
described -- my good friends and neighbors at Minuteman are using the 
unscoped permalink trick to add a "see other copies" option to their 
catalog.  See this record for an example: 
http://library.minlib.net/record=b1591687&searchscope=6

I hadn't thought of Majax as the way to do this conditionally, but I 
look forward to someone figuring this out and putting the solution in 
the Clearinghouse!

Any thoughts on a semi-related consortium issue -- how to replace that 
awful "View additional copies or search for a specific volume/copy" 
button/searchbox with something much simpler, like a link that says "See 
all copies" like we had back in 2000.

(See my lengthy rant on this topic here:
http://innovativeusers.org/list/archives/2000/msg04634.html)

Elizabeth

Bob Duncan wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:50:27 -0400 (EDT)
>   "Elizabeth Thomsen" <et at noblenet dot org> wrote:
> > . . 
> > So we're glad to see the scopes added to the bib record number,
>
> Good thing, because I'll always think of this as the Elizabeth Thomsen 
> Enhancement.  ;o)
>
>   
> > What we'd really like is a link that says something like "See additional
> > copies" and that only appears when there actually are other copies."  But
> > if we can't do that, we'd like to put the unscoped permalink on the bib
> > record as a link, labeled "See all copies."
>
> The former may be possible with some Javascript created by someone more clever 
> than I (and/or possibly using Annette Bailey's Majax code), but the latter is 
> pretty simple.  Just create a Javascript file that contains code along the 
> lines of the following, and call it using the INSERTTAG_INHEAD wwwoption.
>
> function print_permalink()
> 	{
> 	var PermaLink = document.getElementById("recordnum");
> 	if (PermaLink != null) {
> 	var str = PermaLink.toString();
> 	var PermaLink = str.replace(/~S.+/,"~S50");
> 	document.write ('<div class="permalink">');
> 	document.write ('<a href="'+PermaLink+'">See all copies</a>');
> 	document.write ('</div>');
> 	}
> 	else {}
>   }
>
> Then pop the following in where you want to see the link:
>
> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
> print_permalink();
> </script>
>
> Keeping in mind that the disadvantage to record links is that you lose the 
> context of the search results.
>
>
> Bob Duncan
>
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