Google showing "Borrow" option for nearby public libraries
Hi all, I was looking up a book the other day on Google when I noticed a section called "Borrow" and it showed two local library services where I could borrow the book. I did a bit more Googling today and noticed this: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/book It looks like individual libraries would need to register their interest first, but after that the system would need to serve a feed file that Google would regularly harvest. Does anyone have a Koha library where they're currently doing this? It could make for an interesting Koha plugin. David Cook Senior Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595
I'd say it is a neat core feature as well! Nice finding!! El lun, 18 abr 2022 23:04, <dcook@prosentient.com.au> escribió:
Hi all,
I was looking up a book the other day on Google when I noticed a section called “Borrow” and it showed two local library services where I could borrow the book.
I did a bit more Googling today and noticed this: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/book
It looks like individual libraries would need to register their interest first, but after that the system would need to serve a feed file that Google would regularly harvest.
Does anyone have a Koha library where they’re currently doing this? It could make for an interesting Koha plugin.
David Cook
Senior Software Engineer
Prosentient Systems
Suite 7.03
6a Glen St
Milsons Point NSW 2061
Australia
Office: 02 9212 0899
Online: 02 8005 0595
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Thanks! Here’s an example of the links that I see where <ISBN> is replaced with the ISBN of what you’re searching: http://link.randwick.nsw.gov.au/id/isbn/<ISBN>/resource/borrow?share=g The two library councils I’m seeing both use the same library system but they belong to different local government entities (one in the east and one in the west). The URLs are government URLs, but I imagine it was the ILS/LMS vendor who spear-headed the effort. David Cook Senior Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595 From: Tomas Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, 19 April 2022 12:21 PM To: David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au> Cc: koha-devel <koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Google showing "Borrow" option for nearby public libraries I'd say it is a neat core feature as well! Nice finding!! El lun, 18 abr 2022 23:04, <dcook@prosentient.com.au <mailto:dcook@prosentient.com.au> > escribió: Hi all, I was looking up a book the other day on Google when I noticed a section called “Borrow” and it showed two local library services where I could borrow the book. I did a bit more Googling today and noticed this: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/structured-data/book It looks like individual libraries would need to register their interest first, but after that the system would need to serve a feed file that Google would regularly harvest. Does anyone have a Koha library where they’re currently doing this? It could make for an interesting Koha plugin. David Cook Senior Software Engineer Prosentient Systems Suite 7.03 6a Glen St Milsons Point NSW 2061 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595 _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org <mailto:Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> https://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : https://www.koha-community.org/ git : https://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : https://bugs.koha-community.org/
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