[Koha] cover images in koha

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Caitlin,

This has been discussed very recently with some folks who are working with
ByWater Solutions.  Ian Walls of ByWater summarized the discussion this way:

It looks like there are two possible developments being discussed here:

1.  Auto-generated book covers when no image is available (using standard
backgrounds with the title over top).  The color or base background image
would be algorithmically generated, using some cool algorithm (different
colors for different types, etc.)

2.  Uploading and using images for book covers on a per-title basis.  There
is already an RFC for this out there:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Local_cover_images_RFC

Both are great ideas.  Perhaps they could be merged into a larger framework:

The user can upload custom images, or enable external content sources like
LibraryThing or Amazon.  For any given title, there would be a hierarchy of
which images to use (when available):

1. The custom uploaded image
2a. external content provider 1 (Amazon?)
2b. external content provider 2 (Baker and Taylor?)
etc etc etc (for all that you have enabled)
3. Auto-generated book cover images

This would give libraries tons of flexibility for where to get images, and
both parts could be done independently of each other, as funding allows.

>From a developers perspective, the auto-generated book covers development is
probably quicker (and thus cheaper) than the uploadedimages development,
though the latter could draw on the patron image code and structure when
it's developed.  Since the latter is also under development by another
company, when it's released we can test it, and if it needs any further
modification, either have that company do it, or tackle it with them (for
much less than full development price).

This is a great discussion, and I'm so glad to see it!  I've got some other
development ideas I need to put out to our Partners, things I know a lot of
libraries have been asking after.  Look for those in coming days.

Cheers,


-Ian
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Ian Walls
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ByWater Solutions
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2011/6/1 Caitlin McGurk <mcgurk at cartoonstudies.org>

> Hey all-
>
> Is there anyway to upload cover images for each book into Koha? We're
> currently importing covers from Amazon for our books with ISBNS. However,
> we're hoping to create records for our student work (comic books) and would
> like to scan and add these covers to be displayed in the record as well.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> CM
>
> --
> Caitlin McGurk
> *Librarian
> The Schulz Library
> The Center for Cartoon Studies <http://www.cartoonstudies.org>
> McGurk at cartoonstudies.org*
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