“Hacking the OPAC” Resources
RESOURCES 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” Resources
RESOURCES 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_data
Over 100,000 open domain or lendable e-books
Project Gutenberg MARC Records:
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/meta/pg/
50,000 free ebooks
Christian Classics Ethereal Library CSV Records:
http://www.ccel.org/subscription/booklist
Classic texts of Christianity
Questions? Contact Me!
Seth Allen, sethallen26@gmail.com

Hack the OPAC: Creating Your Own Library Catalog

  • 1.
    “Hacking the OPAC”Resources RESOURCES 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)
  • 2.
    “Hacking the OPAC”Resources RESOURCES 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_data Over 100,000 open domain or lendable e-books Project Gutenberg MARC Records: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/meta/pg/ 50,000 free ebooks Christian Classics Ethereal Library CSV Records: http://www.ccel.org/subscription/booklist Classic texts of Christianity Questions? Contact Me! Seth Allen, sethallen26@gmail.com