[Web4lib] AJAX on library websites?

[Luke Vilelle]

Hi, Amy, at Virginia Tech one of our systems gurus
implemented AJAX into the OPAC. You can see it for
yourself on the keyword search at
http://addison.vt.edu. We've called it the Addison
Guesstimate, and you can toggle it on or off
underneath the search box. 

Not sure how many people actually see the AJAX work
(we've gotten very little feedback on it), because you
have to wait a 1/2-second after you've stopped typing
before you see results, but it's pretty neat. An
explanation of the feature is provided at
http://addison.vt.edu/screens/help_index.html#guesstimate.


Luke Vilelle.

--- Amy M Ostrom <amostrom at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Web4libbers:
> 
> Sorry for multiple emails.  I am wondering if anyone
> else has been 
> following AJAX (asynchronous javascript and xml) and
> is thinking about 
> implementing it somehow into their library design? 
> The University of 
> Wisconsin directory (
> http://www.wisc.edu/directories/?name= ) is an 
> example, and using it I thought this new combination
> of web tools could 
> be a great benefit to libraries.  Any insight or
> examples would be 
> wonderful!  Thank you.
> 
> In peace,
> 
> Amy M Ostrom
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