An implication of this integration, however, is that a library should probably be at Voyager 2000.1, although the programs can be adapted for 99.1 . That, plus explicit installation instructions have made it easy to get the New Books List up and running. How it works The process starts with a Perl program, newbooks.pl , containing an embedded SQL query. It runs every night as a cron job and outputs a flat-file of newly received items which are then transfered to the WebVoyage server. A search form, generated by newbooks.cgi , gives users a variety of options for displaying new items.
Patrons can choose all new books, or only books for a particular location.
They can sort results by author, title, or call number, and can select between one to four weeks worth of items. In addition, the form allows for basic keyword searching , and users can select the number of records to display per page. When the form is submitted, newbooks.cgi reads the database of new items and displays them in an html page. Each item is linked back to its record in PULSe , UTA's WebVoyage catalog. Using these programs Interested Voyager libraries are encouraged to use the New Books List suite of programs.