Facilitate entry of data into the resource sharing form from an external source
Recent user experience testing for our resource sharing service indicated users would like a way to easily paste in data from other websites into the resource sharing form. For example, they would like to harvest the data easily from Google Scholar or another database and enter this into the form without manually copying and pasting each piece of data from one website into the webform. One way this could be accomplished is using a browser extension similar to Leganto's Cite It. When they find a resource they would like to request, this browser extension could harvest the required data. The user could then open the resource sharing form and paste all the data at once from the browser extension into the form. The browser extension might also have the ability to lodge the request information directly into Alma, bypassing the resource sharing form in Primo altogether.
Kirstie N
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Peta Hopkins commented
My previous comment could stand some clarification. The Leganto CiteIt bookmarklet grabs data from the page, populates a form for the user to create a citation in a reading list, and shows if the Library already has availability.
A similar bookmarklet (or maybe a multipurpose bookmarklet that does both Leganto & Resource Sharing - what do you want to do with this citation) that populates with metadata from the page, checks if the Library has availability (shows link to the user) or not (shows the necessary ILL form fields including copyright statement and submit button)
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Yes please. Cite It functionality to check if already held and provide availability, if not show the Resource Sharing request link.
Wish I had some votes left.