Create bookshelves that link to your library catalog. Use shortcodes to display book covers in carousels.
The Library Bookshelves plugin allows you to curate virtual bookshelves just like you would a shelf around a theme in your library. Bookshelves are displayed as customizable Slick carousels, using cover art from and links to your library catalog. The plugin creates a Bookshelves post type, shortcode, and custom taxonomy.
This plugin currently supports these catalog system OPACs:
– Alexandria
– Aspen
– Atriuum
– BiblioCommons
– Bibliotheca cloudLibrary
– Calibre and COPS
– Civica Spydus
– DB/Textworks
– EBSCOHost Discovery Service
– Evergreen
– Ex Libris Primo
– Hoopla
– III Encore, WebPAC PRO, Polaris, Vega
– Insignia
– Koha
– Marmot Pika
– OPAC SBN
– OpenLibrary.org
– Overdrive
– SirsiDynix Enterprise and Horizon
– Surpass Cloud
– TLC
– WorldCat
It supports retrieval of images from these third-party CDNs:
– Amazon
– ChiliFresh
– Baker & Taylor
– EBSCO
– OpenLibrary.org
– Syndetics
– TLC
Bookshelves can be populated using:
– Aspen API
– Calibre OPDS (and HTML) PHP Server API
– Evergreen SuperCat feeds
– JSON data from any web address
– Koha Reports Web Service
– Koha RSS feeds
– New York Times Books API
– OpenLibrary API
– Pika API
– Sierra API
– SirsiDynix RSS feeds
– SirsiDynix Symphony Web Service
– TLC LS2 PAC API
You can set the plugin to use catalogs or image servers not specifially listed in the plugin settings. Select ‘Other’ catalog system or image server on the Catalog Settings tab, paste a URL from your catalog or server, and replace the item identifier with {ID}. If you think your catalog should be listed as a choice in the settings let us know on the support forum.
You may need to whitelist your web server IP in your ILS in order for this plugin to access APIs. When using an API you can set a Bookshelf to update items on a regular schedule using the WordPress cron system.
Originally developed by and for staff at the Guilderland Public Library.
Thanks to Gregory Testa of Chesapeake Public Library and Josh Stompro of Lake Agassiz Regional Library for feature suggestions and code contributions. Thanks to Emric Taylor for the admin menu icon.
Create a new Bookshelf using ISBNs or UPCs from items in your catalog. You can input items manually, from an exported list, or from a web service API. Paste the Bookshelf shortcode into a post, page, or widget area. You can add location tags to your Bookshelves to keep them organized and remember where you have them displayed on your site.
You can make a Bookshelf that links to an ebook catalog while having other Bookshelves link to your main catalog. To do this, enter your ebook catalog URL(s) in addition to your main catalog URL in the plugin settings. Create a new Bookshelf and choose an option in the eBook Catalog box.
Captions can be displayed below the item images or overlaid on hover. See the new options in Bookshelves > Settings > Slider Settings. There are customizable options for captions on the Customize CSS tab.
EBSCOHost users must enter Accession Numbers, and Calibre/COPS users must enter book ID numbers instead of ISBNs or UPCs.
You can modify Bookshelf items and alt text using the WP REST API. The API endpoint for Bookshelf posts is https://{your.library.url}/wp-json/wp/v2/bookshelves/. This plugin only supports the REST API in WordPress 5.3 and higher.
A: Yes! But only if you contact me with a link to your catalog! As soon as you do I’ll get working on an update. This plugin is not compatible with these catalogs: Biblionix, Comics Plus, Follett Destiny, Librarika, LibraryWorld, Verso.
A: Right click on an item image from your catalog and select View Image or Inspect to see the image URL.
A: Try an alternate ISBN if possible. Amazon, for example, only supports 10-digit ISBNs. Not all CDNs will have images for every ISBN. In some cases you may get better results using UPCs for DVD items.