[Koha] Embed ebook and video

[Pseudo Admin]

James,

That is pretty cool. Thanks a lot for sharing!

Mon

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Weinheimer Jim <j.weinheimer at aur.edu>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>
>
> It’s simple enough. Just put the embed into the part of the field that
> displays.
>
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> For example, I am using 856 $3 as a display field in the catalog.
> Therefore, say I want to catalog one of the really famous, horrible old,
> Monster-movies: “The Brain that Wouldn’t Die” which is available in its
> entirety on Google Video at
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6660611491774828467. I would make
> a record and then:
>
>
>
> Look for the embed code in the Google Video page above, in this case:
>
> <embed id=VideoPlayback src=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=6660611491774828467&hl=en&fs=true
> style=width:400px;height:326px<http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=6660611491774828467&hl=en&fs=truestyle=width:400px;height:326px>allowFullScreen=true allowScriptAccess=always
> type=application/x-shockwave-flash> </embed>
>
>
>
> and put this coding into the 856$3 field.
>
>
>
> You don’t need to understand this coding, just copy and paste.
>
>
>
> You can do this with other embedded resources, as I did with the Caesar’s
> Column example below using Issuu. I made a pdf and added it to Issuu. You
> can do the same with Scribd. Once it is there, you can take the code as
> well, e.g. at random:
>
> http://issuu.com/stylesamplemagazine/docs/stylesamplemag_6
>
>
>
> click on “embed”
>
>
>
> and copy and paste the code into your record. As you see, you don’t need a
> separate 856$u.
>
>
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> There is almost no end to what you can embed, powerpoints, flash movies,
> pdfs, etc.
>
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> The problem is that when you do this, the searcher goes straight to the
> resource and misses the page with the metadata. I don’t know what’s better.
>
>
>
> James Weinheimer  j.weinheimer at aur.edu
>
> Director of Library and Information Services
>
> The American University of Rome
>
> via Pietro Roselli, 4
>
> 00153 Rome, Italy
>
> voice- 011 39 06 58330919 ext. 258
>
> fax-011 39 06 58330992
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> *From:* koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:
> koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] *On Behalf Of *Pseudo Admin
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:21 AM
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> *To:* koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> *Cc:* j.weinheimer at aur.ed
> *Subject:* [Koha] Embed ebook and video
>
>
>
> Hi James!
>
> Would you mind sharing step-by-step how you managed to embed and ebook and
> a video in Koha?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mon
>
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:56:26 +0100
> From: Weinheimer Jim <j.weinheimer at aur.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] ebooks in Koha 3.0
> To: Marie Wardall <mwardall at dce.k12.wi.us>, "koha at lists.katipo.co.nz"
>        <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Message-ID: <8CB2A72BE4144B4CAC0EF3E9A9F6D06591F077BD at AUR2010.aur.edu>
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> If there is the capability, you can even have fun and embed them. Here's a
> couple of things I've played with:
> http://www.galileo.aur.it/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=24674
> (An ebook I created from Project Gutenberg and placed into Issuu)
>
> and
>
> http://www.galileo.aur.it/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=20627
> (a movie from Google Video)
>
> I don't know if I like this or not, but when people see them, they think
> it's pretty cool. It's the way some of these APIs and similar methods to
> make mashups can function. You can still do the full-screen view and
> everything.
>
> James Weinheimer  j.weinheimer at aur.edu
> Director of Library and Information Services
> The American University of Rome
> via Pietro Roselli, 4
> 00153 Rome, Italy
> voice- 011 39 06 58330919 ext. 258
> fax-011 39 06 58330992
>
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