We built an in-house program for mapping books (
https://github.com/ryersonlibrary/rula-finder). I might take some tweaking
to work at your institution, but I would give take a look.
Here is a working example:
http://apps.library.ryerson.ca/bookfinder/#s=b1768874
Currently its main limitation is
Awesome. Thanks for sharing Steven!
Mark W. Jarrell
Online Applications Developer | Richland Library
1431 Assembly St. | Columbia, SC 29201
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Interested in helping to shape
creation and classroom
instruction.
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We
Are there any libraries out there that are making use of RFID hardware/software
to help patrons know the precise location of books/items on the shelves? Or is
anyone use other stack mapping software to help patrons know the general
location of items on the shelf? If so, I have a few questions
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Is Anyone Doing RFID Book Location or Stack Mapping?
Are there any libraries out
We don't use RFID, but we do use a tool called StackMap to give a sense of the
general location of books in our main library.
For an example of the patron UX, click on the map link in a sample catalog
record, such as http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10474501. (Center column,
in the At
My system is a private collection but operates with a public interface (web)
it uses unique barcodes which operate in a similar way to an rfid per item way.
1, me
2, not that long (add an input shelving screen, draw some maps(auto
drawn in my case), and add a link in the search results to a map