RE: EZproxy Integration w/ SirsiDynix Symphony
Bunt, Jody <JBunt <at> ci.garland.tx.us>
2010-03-01 18:29:01 GMT
Seth,
Thank you very much for the detailed response. We do have several
members of the staff that will be at the conference as well. Erpin Zhao
is the individual that would appreciate the opportunity to talk to you
and he will be at the conference. I have forwarded on your response to
him. I am hopeful the two of you can meet while you are there. If not,
we would appreciate the opportunity to talk to you further when everyone
returns.
Again, thank you very much for your response. We'll be in touch soon.
Jody Bunt
Project Manager - IT Services
City of Garland
-----Original Message-----
From: Seth McQuale [mailto:smcquale <at> nyit.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:49 AM
To: EZProxy discussion list
Subject: Re: [ezproxy] EZproxy Integration w/ SirsiDynix Symphony
Jody,
Sorry for the delay, we had a snow day Friday.
We're not an SaaS site, but can show you how to list ebooks in Symphony,
which should be about the same way you would be doing it on an SaaS
system.
This is largely a cataloging issue.
I will demonstrate with a Safari Tech Online ebook, _Network Security
Hacks_,
which is listed in our catalog here:
http://bearcat.nyit.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?searchdata1=ocm85872819{
001}
Now, the unadulterated URL came from the factory looking like:
http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uiCode=nyit&xmlId=0596527632
The URL should be altered to include your EZproxy server data. Our
EZproxy
server has as its hostname "arktos," so the full URL looks like (which
you
can see in our catalog with a mouseover):
http://arktos.nyit.edu/login?url=http://
...proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uiCode=nyit&xmlId=0596527632
...so, when we retrieve a batch of MARC records from the Safari website,
the 856 field looks like (MarcEdit format):
4\$zConnect to this resource online$uhttp://
...proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uiCode=nyit&xmlId=0596527632
and, in MarcEdit, we add the EZproxy data using Search & Replace:
4\$zConnect to this resource
online$uhttp://arktos.nyit.edu/login?url=http://
...proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uiCode=nyit&xmlId=0596527632
So, talk to the SirsiDynix folks about how electronic books are handled
in Symphony and inquire (or have the catalogers inquire) about dealing
with ebooks. Make sure the data migration folks work transparently*
with your cataloging staff with regard to configuring your e-resources.
I don't know about how Horizon handles e-resources, but there is an
option
for Symphony of adding a dedicated "library" to your catalog. You can
see
what I mean by going to our catalog and limiting searches to
"E-Library,"
which is treated like a discrete library branch. However, remember that
it
costs more for each additional library added to your OPAC.
I'll be glad to help further with this, however, I'll be leaving
tomorrow
for the SirsiDynix conference. If anyone from Garland is going, s/he can
certainly look me up for more info.
*I'm not accusing them of not being transparent, I'm just saying the
ebook
stuff might get lost amongst so many other issues. If your catalogers
haven't had their Symphony training yet, tell them to make sure they
remember to ask their trainer about cataloging e-resources. Also, tell
the
catalogers to read the WorkFlows helpfiles on e-resources exhaustively.
Bunt, Jody wrote:
> We are in the midst of migrating to SirsiDynix's Symphony SaaS
product.
> Does anyone on this distribution have experience configuring EZproxy
to
> interface with Symphony? We would appreciate any guidance you could
> provide.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>
>
> *Jody Bunt, PMP
> *Project Manager - IT Services
>
> City of Garland
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Seth McQuale, Systems Librarian
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000
smcquale <at> nyit.edu
(516) 686-1164 [fax (516) 686-1320]
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