[Web4lib] For informal cites to friends and acquaintances in discussiing etc

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Hi to Web4Lib --
 
The Arizona State University Library catalog provides a permanent link  for 
each catalog record.  Here's a sample link: 
_http://library.lib.asu.edu/record=b5093878~S3_ (http://library.lib.asu.edu/record=b5093878~S3) 
 
Most Web authors currently embed a link to Amazon.com when they  mention a 
book, a citation practice that gives free advertising to a for-profit  
corporation.  With permanent library links, we could easily embed a  library URL within 
a document, thus providing bibliographic details without  participating in an 
advertising campaign.  
 
Thanks,
 
 
Katherine
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In a message dated 3/13/2009 9:14:21 AM US Mountain Standard Time,  
web4lib-request at webjunction.org writes:

Message:  12
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:10:02 -0500
From: Greg Fleming  <gdf at uchicago.edu>
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] For informal cites to  friends and acquaintances
in    discussing a  particular catalog entry, how do you cite,    format the
URL for    a    particular     Boston  Public Library catalog entry?...
To: "web4lib at webjunction.org"  <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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There is a way to do this without out  the session information, etc., but 
it's nothing that can be done with the URLs  that you get from a search. It 
involves pulling the item's control number from  the MARC record and constructing a 
URL like  this:
http://catalog.mbln.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&index=bib&term=1850094

Open  WorldCat seems a much better option, as Tom suggests. 

Here's our  documentation, which is behind our firewall, I believe. It's not 
something we  advertise to our patrons, for obvious reasons.
Linking to a Specific  Record
You can create a link from any individual bibliographic citation in  a 
bibliography, syllabus, reading list, etc. to the corresponding Full  Bibliographic 
Record display in the Catalog. 

Connect to the University  of Chicago Catalog ucstaff profile. 
Perform a search to find the title to  which you want to create a link.
Display the Full Bibliographic Record for  the title. 
Click the MARC Display link in the box on the left to display  the MARC 
record.
Copy the Bib# that appears on the right of the  screen.
Go to the application/document/page where you are creating the  link.
Create a URL as follows:  
http://ipac.lib.uchicago.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&index=BIB&term=4557482  where the number appearing after "&term=" is the Bib# 
copied in Step  5.
Repeat as needed.

Greg

> -----Original  Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org  [mailto:web4lib-
> bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas  Dowling
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:04 AM
> To:  web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] For informal cites to  friends and acquaintances in
> discussing a particular catalog entry,  how do you cite, format the URL for 
a
> particular Boston Public Library  catalog entry?...
> 
> On 03/12/2009 02:51 PM, don warner saklad  wrote:
> > a.
> > For informal cites to friends and  acquaintances in discussing a 
particular
> > catalog entry, how do  you cite, format the URL for a particular Boston
> > Public Library  catalog entry?
> 
> 
> Having looked at these ugly URLs a  couple of times now, I don't think
> you're going to get this pared down  to something friendly you can easily
> share [a serious failing of the  catalog design, IMO].  Factoring in the
> possibility that your  friends and acquaintances might access other
> Boston-area libraries,  I'd bail out on citing BPL catalog URLs entirely..
>  Instead, I'd  find the item in Worldcat and just share that URL (minus
> any query  string parameters if you prefer):
> 
>    http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122291427
> 
> If you haven't already  configured a Boston ZIP code, pop one in and BPL
> holdings will be near  the top.
> 
> 
> --
> Thomas Dowling
>  tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> 
> 
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