vMaBookShelf

Copyright (C) 2014–2019 Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim

Authors: Bernd Fallert (UB Mannheim)

This is free software. You may use it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See LICENSE for details.

Summary

vMaBookShelf creates a virtual bookshelf:

• creates static websites
• download covers from Amazon
• creates qr-codes with link to a proxy-server (reason: shorten the links in the qr-code), this proxy-server can call your local Primo / Opac
• includes a proxy script for connections to other web pages (eBooks ...)
• includes a Firefox Add-on "vMaBookShelfHelper" for these tasks:
  • wrap the content of other web pages in an iframe
  • create two timers:
    • timer one shows a random part of the subjects-html-files and
    • timer two closes all web pages (ebook or opac) and shows the virtual bookshelf again

Installation

Mannheim University Library develops and installs the vMaBookShelf web application on a virtual server with Debian GNU Linux.

See INSTALL.md for details.

Bug reports

Please send your bug reports to https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/vMaBookShelf/issues. Make sure that you are using the latest version of the software before sending a report.

Contributing

Bug fixes, new functions, suggestions for new features and other user feedback are appreciated.

The source code is available from https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/vMaBookShelf. Please prepare your code contributions also on GitHub.

Acknowledgments

This project uses other free software:

• Font Awesome by Dave Gandy – http://fontawesome.io/ (SIL OFL 1.1, MIT License)
• Java, OpenJDK – http://openjdk.java.net/ (GNU General Public License (GPL))
• YUICompressor – https://github.com/yui/yuicompressor/ (BSD (revised) open source license)
• Node.js - https://nodejs.org/en/ (MIT)
• jpm - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/cfx_to_jpm