Cover images for metadata only items
We would like a way to have a thumbnail/cover image associated with a metadata only item, particularly a book. We would want the cover to display in a collection like this https://iro.uiowa.edu/esploro/search/collections/Recent-Books-by-UI-Authors/Books?institution=01IOWA_INST to make it look more engaging. The image should as display on a profile, and it should be part of the import to Primo so that it displays there as well. The cover needs to be marked in some way as a cover image so it does not appear to be something with full text available; a cover image should NOT make the asset be flagged as OA. The link resolver should still work as for a metadata only item, and the item in Primo should still work as currently done for a metadata only item; in no case should the cover image be confused with full content availability. Assets with only a cover image should not be included in an output to sources expecting only full text (such as Google Scholar).
Wendy Robertson
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Wendy Robertson
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The OpenURL enhancements in the March 2025 release partially address this issue, but the display is still problematic. Cover images shouldn't be treated like content files.
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Wendy Robertson
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note: we tested a cover image on book at the request of the author. The display was fine in Esploro and Primo BUT it behaved like something with full text posted and we all agreed that it was not an option with current functionality
See also https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/929326-esploro/suggestions/44019105-add-ability-to-control-thumbnail-image-and-alt-tex and https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/929326-esploro/suggestions/47744615-ability-to-display-thumbnail-images-of-outputs-whe
