RSS Feeds by Subjects for New Books

Instructions

Download and untar new_books_subjects.tar.gz or unzip new_books_subjects.zip
Inside will be 2 files: new_books_subjects.cgi and new_books_subjects.html. Copy new_books_subjects.cgi to the same place where newBooks.cgi resides (most likely /m1/voyager/xxxdb/tomcat/vwebv/context/vwebv/htdocs/vwebv/)
Change the permissions to 755 (rwxr-xr-x)
Open new_books_subjects.cgi in a code editor
- Check the perl path at the very top of the script
- Edit the information between Configuration and End Configuration to customize the script to your site
Copy new_books_subjects.html to a server or directory that can deliver HTML pages, for example /m1/voyager/xxxdb/tomcat/vwebv/context/vwebv/htdocs/
Open new_books_subjects.html in a text editor. Find and replace all "library.tccd.edu" with your.library.domain. (You can leave it if you like, but I can guarantee that our new books will not be the same as your new books. ;-)
Open a web browser and direct it to your new_books_subjects.html. If you put it in /m1/voyager/xxxdb/tomcat/vwebv/context/vwebv/htdocs/, the address will be http://your.library.domain/new_books_subjects.html
Click a link to open the RSS feed in your web browser or feed-reader, depending on your setup.

How It Works

The script simply matches the first part of the call number(s). You can get as detailed as you like by specifying call numbers or by calling multiple call numbers.

Example URLs to access a feed:

http://your.library.domain/vwebv/new_books_subjects.cgi?subject1=T&title=Technology&sort=call

subject1=T T is the LOC classification for Technology
title=Technology The RSS feed will be labeled Technology. This is optional.
sort=call The RSS feed will be sorted by call number. The default is sort by title. This is optional.

http://your.library.domain/vwebv/new_books_subjects.cgi?subject1=TR&title=Photography

subject1=TR TR is the LOC classification for Photography
title=Photography The RSS feed will be labeled Photography. This is optional.
There is no sort parameter, so it will be sorted by title.

http://your.library.domain/vwebv/new_books_subjects.cgi?subject1=TR25&subject2=TR26&title=Photography:+Cameras

subject1=TR25 TR250-265 is the LOC classification for Cameras. TR25 will get TR250-TR259.
subject2=TR26 TR250-265 is the LOC classification for Cameras. TR26 will get TR260-TR269.
title=Photography:+Cameras The RSS feed will be labeled Photography: Cameras. This is optional.
There is no sort parameter, so it will be sorted by title.

http://your.library.domain/vwebv/new_books_subjects.cgi?subject1=U&subject2=V&title=Military+and+Naval+Sciences

subject1=U U is the LOC classification for Military Science
subject2=V V is the LOC classification for Naval Science
title=Military+and+Naval+Sciences The RSS feed will be labeled Military and Naval Sciences. There can only be one title per RSS Feed. This is optional.
There is no sort parameter, so it will be sorted by title.

http://library.tccd.edu/vwebv/new_books_subjects.cgi?subject1=BL&subject2=BM&subject3=BP&subject4=BQ&title=Religion:Religions,+Hinduism,+Judaism,+Islam,+Buddhism&sort=call_number

subject1=BL BL is the LOC classification for Religions, Mythology, Rationalism
subject2=BM BM is the LOC classification for Judaism
subject2=BP BP is the LOC classification for Islam, Bahai, Theosophy
subject2=BQ BQ is the LOC classification for Buddhism
title=Religion:Religions,+Hinduism,+Judaism,+Islam,+Buddhism The RSS feed will be labeled Religion:Religions, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism. There can only be one title per RSS Feed. This is optional.
sort=call The RSS feed will be sorted by call number. This is different than the first example where we sorted by call number. There may be multiple ways to invoke a sort on a field. The default is sort by title. This is optional.

RSS Feeds by Subjects for New Books

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Instructions

How It Works