Status: Draft
This document is currently being revised to reflect recent changes in the integration with NoveList.
A guide to configuring the SimplyE Circulation Manager to provide NoveList Select Title Recommendations to the SimplyE mobile clients.
Why NoveList Select
NoveList Select is a popular service from EBSCO that libraries use to augment their collection discovery by providing recommendations to users. These recommendations are algorithmically determined based on an array of factors. SimplyE already provides lists of other titles in a library's collection that are in the same series or by the same author or authors but NoveList provides linkages to titles and works by others authors and similar items in a library's collection that are less obvious.
How does NoveList work with SimplyE?
SimplyE piggybacks off your current NoveList Select for Catalog subscription similar title recommendations. The Circulation Manager queries the NoveList API for information about items in your collection using API account credentials NoveList will supply to you (see below). This integration with NoveList Select is only available to librarys which have a currently active NoveList Select for Catalog subscription. If your library currently does not have an active NoveList Select subscription, contact EBSCO at NoveListSelectSupport@ebsco.com for information on starting a subscription.
Obtaining NoveList Select API Credentials
To request credentials for this integration, remember that your library must have an active NoveList Select for Catalog subscription with EBSCO. To request API credentials for the SimplyE integration, contact NoveList Support at NoveListSelectSupport@ebsco.com, using the following subject line and email body. Substitute your library’s name and NoveList Select for Catalog subscription customer ID for the <CustID> placeholder text. (Your customer ID will have the form snnnnnnn.main.novsel).
To: NoveListSelectSupport@ebsco.com
Subject: Request for NoveList Select for SimplyE Credentials
We are requesting NoveList Select for SimplyE credentials for <Library Name>. Our EBSCO CustID is: <CustID>. We currently have an active subscription to NoveList Select for Catalog.
Configuring SimplyE Circulation Manager with NoveList Select.
Once you have SimplyE Circulation Manager installed and you have received API credentials from NoveList, you can use the SimplyE Admin Interface to configure NoveList Select recommendations for your library.
Step 1. Open a web browser and open your Circulation Manager admin interface (with |
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Step 2. Select Configuration on the top right to enter the Configuration Manager portion of the Admin interface |
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Step 3. Select Metadata from the menu on the left and select Create a new metadata service |
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Step 4. From the Protocol drop-down field select NoveList API |
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For Admins
Once the NoveList integration configuration is complete, a cron task will take care of uploading to EBSCO the required title data from the library's catalog. At one point, this process was a manual process where data had to be exported from the library's ILS. The novelist_update script now takes care of that automatically. Do be aware that the script only runs once a week, early on Sunday, by default. You can change that in the /etc/cron.d/circulation cron file; if so, schedule the upload during off-peak hours to minimize service impact.
