SatchLCall -
Library of Congress Call Number
System Tutorial

• SatchLCall Update - May 13, 2003

  There may be some forthcoming updates to the applet. Since many libraries split numbers like "BF121" into two separate lines ("BF" and "121"), the slide show may incorporate such information into the presentation. Also, there may be an option to specify call numbers for certain subjects. For example, if you wish to use SatchLCall to train students to shelve books in an engineering library, you could set a parameter in the HTML file so that the example books in the drag and drop quiz start mostly with TKs.

• SatchLCall Update - Augst 23, 2001

  The new version of SatchLCall is up and running. This new release combines the quiz and the slide show into a single Java applet, as opposed to the old version, which used a separate HTML-based slide show to precede the quiz. Both the Linking and Downloading options have been updated to the new version. Filenames for the linking pages have remained the same, so anyone linking to the old versions will now have seemless links to the new one.

  At present, the zip and tar files consist of all the individual files needed for the applet. If possible, this will be changed to a single JAR file which will in turn be zipped and tarred. There are problems with getting the code to work properly from a JAR. Rather than delay the release of the new version, it was decided that the fully functioning new version should be made available, and in the meantime work can progress behind the scenes on optimizing the code. A JAR file would simplify things for those who wish to install SatchLCall locally. Those linking to it are not affected by the JAR proposal.

• Adding additional sets of books to the applet.

• Adding a "Please wait, images loading..." message during initial graphics loading and subseqent loadings after the "Try Again?" button is clicked.

• A Dewey version?

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