Displaying Book Jackets and Cover Art in Sierra

You can display a book jacket or cover art image associated with a target resource in the Sierra Desktop Application. The image can act as a hyperlink to the target resource. See Linking Book Jacket Images to Resources.

To display images in Sierra:

1. Access the WebBridge Management menu by either:

The WebBridge Management menu appears:

2. Define an origin for the Sierra application.
3. Choose Edit Resource Definitions. The WebBridge Management - Resources menu appears:

4. Choose a resource definition. The WebBridge Management - Resource menu appears:

5. Select the Book jacket resource check box.
6. Select the Active check box.
7. Assign the resource to a Category by choosing a category from the drop-down menu.

The origin must be assigned to the same category. For a resource to display from an origin, they must be assigned to the same category.

8. Scroll to the Bibliographic Record Linking section of the WebBridge Management - Resource page:

9. Enter the book jacket or cover art image's URL in the URL text box.

For dynamic content, insert a field selector variable in the URL. Variables are indicated by the pound (#) sign. For example:

http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?Userid=<user_id>&Password=<password>&Return=1&Type=S&Value=#@ISBN#&erroroverride=1

10. Select the Staff function check box. Leave the text box under it blank.
11. Choose Save.
12. Customize the Sierra login to display book jackets:
    1. In Sierra, choose Admin | Settings.
    2. Choose the Record Display tab.
    3. Select the Display Book Jacket check box.

See also:

Content Cafe on CSDirect