Getting started with OPAC module

This guide is intended to provide an easy way to setting up the opac module for users.

Installation

First, you have to download the module itself.
With drush: drush dl opac

Enable opac like any other Drupal modules by navigating to: Admin » modules

Only enable the opac module for the moment which is the main module of the project and let the others (opac items, opac users, ...) disabled.

Requirements

opac module is for connecting your Integrated Library System (ILS) with drupal. So, you need an ILS working as backend and a connector for this backend.

You can find a connector for Koha ILS here: Koha connector.

Allowing borrowers interactions

To allow borrowers to interact with ILS, you need to enable module 'Opac users'.

Content types and mapping

ILS mapping allows us to tell drupal-opac which ILS biblio field must be mapped with which node field of which content type. Before starting

Create an ILS server

The main goal of the drupal-opac module is to link your Integrated Library System with Drupal. So you can have as many ILS as you want

Harvest records

Drupal-opac provides drush command for harvest, update and delete records/opac nodes. Here i will speak about harvest command only. It is

Other modules available

OPAC ASIN module

Showing items in opac

Now we have biblio records in our drupal site, we will be able to get items data.

Use of taxonomy with drupal-opac

Taxonomy and drupal-opac

opac authorities

What is opac authorities module

opac content types

Create an opac content type

Guide maintainers

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