Caitlin,<div><br></div><div>This has been discussed very recently with some folks who are working with ByWater Solutions. Ian Walls of ByWater summarized the discussion this way:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">It looks like there are two possible developments being discussed here:<br>
<br>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.)<br>
<br>2. Uploading and using <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">images</span> for book covers on a per-title basis. There is already an RFC for this out there: <a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Local_cover_images_RFC" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Local_cover_images_RFC</a><br>
<br>Both are great ideas. Perhaps they could be merged into a larger framework:<br><br>The user can upload custom <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">images</span>, or enable external content sources like LibraryThing or Amazon. For any given title, there would be a hierarchy of which <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">images</span> to use (when available):<br>
<br>1. The custom uploaded image<br>2a. external content provider 1 (Amazon?)<br>2b. external content provider 2 (Baker and Taylor?)<br>etc etc etc (for all that you have enabled)<br>3. Auto-generated book <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">cover</span> <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">images</span><br>
<br>This would give libraries tons of flexibility for where to get <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">images</span>, and both parts could be done independently of each other, as funding allows.<br>
<br>From a developers perspective, the auto-generated book covers development is probably quicker (and thus cheaper) than the uploaded<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">images</span> 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).<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br><br>-Ian<div><div><span id="q_13036cfe48f71786_1" class="h4" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 9px; ">- Show quoted text -</span></div></div>-- <br>Ian Walls<br>Lead Development Specialist<br>
ByWater Solutions<br>ALA Booth 732<br>Phone # <a href="tel:%28888%29%20900-8944" value="+18889008944" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">(888) 900-8944</a><br><a href="http://bywatersolutions.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(119, 153, 187); ">http://bywatersolutions.com</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/1 Caitlin McGurk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcgurk@cartoonstudies.org">mcgurk@cartoonstudies.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hey all-<br><br>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.<br>
<br>Any ideas?<br><br>CM<br clear="all"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>Caitlin McGurk<br><i>Librarian<br>The Schulz Library<br><a href="http://www.cartoonstudies.org" target="_blank">The Center for Cartoon Studies</a><br>
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