Make the Most
of Primo with
EL Commons
IGeLU | Zürich | September 2012
Ido Peled, Primo Product Manager
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So What Am I Talking About ?
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/
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And I’ll Focus on CodeShare
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/Home
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IMAGINATION
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Short Lesson in Hebrew (and Yiddish)
Hebrew: ‫ תַּ ְכלִ ית‬/ taχˈlit / (purpose)
Yiddish: ‫ תכלית‬/ taχləs / (result; purpose; serious business)
Hebrew: ‫ תַּ כְלֶ ס‬/ taχles / (directly, matter-of-factly, cutting the crap)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborrowing
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Last Time I Counted…
• 49 code contributions
• 23 x-services
• 19 web services
• 10 wiki UI customizations
• 6 plug-ins
• 4 deep links
• 3 deep search adapter (API + 2 examples)
• 3 guidelines
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Last Time I Counted…
49
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Code
Contributions
X-Services
Web Services
Plug-ins
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Deep Links
Deep Search
Adapters
Guidelines
Useful X-Services
What
URL
Brief Search
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/Brief+Search
E-Shelf Structure
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/Get+EShelfStructure
RTA Plug-in
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/RTA+PlugIn+%28new+version%29
Push To
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/PushTo+PlugIn+%28export+records+to+social+bookmark+sites%29
File Splitter
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/File+Splitter+PlugIn
EXL Tab API
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/Primo/EXL+Tab+API
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Essentials – Views Wizard’s Layout Set
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Essentials – List of CSS Files (;)
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Essentials - (Freeware) Tools
Dropbox
Eclipse
Notepad++
https://www.dropbox.com/
http://www.eclipse.org/
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
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Development Skills (the more the better…)
What
Why
CSS
Colors, elements, layout
HTML
Content
Javascript
Actions, changes
jQuery
Javascript framework
JSON
Data
XML
Data
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jQuery – Life After Death
jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library
that simplifies HTML document traversing, event
handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for
rapid web development
Simple way to make BIG changes
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Examples
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Add Tab API
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/Primo/EXL+Tab+API
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Add Tab API
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/Primo/EXL+Tab+API
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Add Tab API
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/Primo/EXL+Tab+API
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Google Analytics
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Google Analytics - Steps
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Add a new custom tile at the end of the brief results page
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Link the custom tile to a web accessible HTML file (Dropbox)
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Create a Google Analytics account
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Create New Property
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Use the custom tile HTML as the website URL
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Copy-paste the Google Analytics Javascript to the tile
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Start enjoying more reporting features !
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Personal Favorites
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/Adwords+Hotwords+
JavaScript+code
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/Primo+Result+Extend
er+Aggregator+Service+%28PREAS%29
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/FRBR+Display+Impro
vements
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/LibGuides+Pipe+Con
figuration
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/Change+the+Colour+
of+the+VERSIONS+tab
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Ideas
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Ideas
• E-Shelf integration with LibGuides
• JQuery for broad topics
• Brief results to JSON
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Summary
• Lots of API available
• API covering the majority of the Primo functionality
• Many extensions already available
• Vibrant community
• Go out and build your own (and then share it !!)
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Q&A
(or a live demo)
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Thank You!
Ido.Peled@ExLibrisGroup.com
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