Heather, I like that your procedure involves improving Open Library which you then use for your Koha catalog. Very cool.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // lori.a...@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre <lori.a...@galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:24 PM, <heather_hernan...@nps.gov> wrote: > Hi-- > > We get our covers free from Open Library; our OpenLibraryCovers preference > in "Enhanced Content preferences" is set to "Add." (We're on Koha 3.8.) > > I just wrote a section for our manual on covers--perhaps others would find > it interesting. ("Keys" is our catalog, http://keys.bywatersolutions.com/ > ) > > To add cover images to Keys, scan the cover (or the open cover & > spine--whatever looks best) as a .jpg, in color, with at least 300dpi, > and crop the image appropriately. > > > Add the cover to Open Library (it's the source for our covers): > > > You don't need a login/account at Open Library to add a cover. > > > If necessary, copy the record over from OCLC & add that to Open > Library as well. If the item has an ISBN, be sure it is in the > OCLC/Keys record and the Open Library record, and it will come > over into Keys from Open Library automatically. > > > If the item does not have an ISBN, then add the cover to Keys; c.f. the > section in the Koha manual for adding cover images to the local catalog. > > Cheerio! > heather > ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > Heather Hernandez > Technical Services Librarian > Cultural Resources and Museum Management Division > San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park > heather_hernan...@nps.gov > 415-561-7032 (voice) 415-556-3540 (fax) > http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/library-collections.htm > > "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
