hack the opac: creating your own library catalog

“Hacking the OPAC” ResourcesRESOURCES FOR GETTING STARTED WITH GOOGLE SITES

GOOGLE SHEETS, AND AWESOME TABLE

5 Video Series on Setting Up Google Sites: http://goo.gl/gk1fpW

Google Sheets Tutorial: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/googlespreadsheets

Awesome Table Documentation: http://goo.gl/Xh6pbx

• Explains how to set up Google Spreadsheet, Google Sites, how to customize the spreadsheet

Librarian Hacks: http://librarianhacks.com/

• My website in which I created a video tutorial on how to set up Awesome Table

My ‘hacked’ OPAC: http://goo.gl/9sNLgO

• Created using Google Spreadsheets + Google Sites + Awesome Table Script (within Google Sites)

“Hacking the OPAC” ResourcesRESOURCES FOR EDITING

MARC RECORDS

Marcedit: http://marcedit.reeset.net/

• Free tool for exporting MARC records to .txt files

Exporting Data to MARC Edit: http://goo.gl/uJebCk

• Concise explanation of how to export MARC records from various sites to a .txt file, that can be opened in Excel

RESOURCES FOR FREE E-BOOK

RECORDS

Open Library MARC Records: https://archive.org/details/ol_dataOver 100,000 open domain or lendable e-booksProject Gutenberg MARC Records: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/meta/pg/50,000 free ebooksChristian Classics Ethereal Library CSV Records: http://www.ccel.org/subscription/booklistClassic texts of Christianity

Questions? Contact Me!

Seth Allen, sethallen26@gmail.com