Syndetics Enriched Data

If your library has access to enriched content from Bowker’s Syndetic Solutions or Syndetics Unbound, you can use the Enriched data PAC profile to enable the display of the following content in the PAC:

• Cover images (book jackets) - Polaris automatically sends the ISBN, UPC, and OCLC number from the title’s MARC record to Syndetics. Be sure to include the UPC in the MARC records for these types of material to ensure that the appropriate cover images are displayed. Syndetics cover images may fail to display in search results for certain types of material, such as music CDs or DVDs, when there is no ISBN in the MARC record.

Note:
If you allow patrons to save searches to run automatically, book jackets are displayed in the results based on the Enriched Data settings for the patron’s registered branch. For more information about setting up saved searches, see Set up basic operating features for Polaris PowerPAC.

• Other Features - When Other Features are enabled, your library can display content such as video/music profiles and video game profiles in PowerPAC product page drawers and Mobile PAC product page links. If available, the enriched content displays in the PAC for video, music, and video game titles based on real-time matching on the product’s UPC, OCLC number, and ISBN. The Syndetics formatting is retained where possible. Once the content has been enabled for your organization, use the following Administration profiles to specify how the content displays: Mobile PAC profile, Product page categories: Configure and PowerPAC profile, Product page categories: Configure.

  Syndetics Unbound Service - When the Syndetics Unbound service is enabled, your library can display enriched content including: cover images, annotations, author biographies, "look inside book" feature, awards, recommendations, reader and professional reviews, other formats, tag clouds, and other content.

Syndetics also offers a Find Similar Titles link on the Polaris PowerPAC product page. The Find similar titles link opens a Web site in a secondary browser window where the patron can specify the characteristics of a title and get a list of similar titles available at the library.

Note:
For Syndetics port access requirements, see Enriched Data Domains Requiring Port 80/443 Access.

To set up Polaris to use enriched data from Bowker’s Syndetic Solutions:

Note:
You can enable and receive enriched data from more than one vendor, except cover images. These must be enabled for one vendor only.

1. Contact your vendor’s customer support department for help in obtaining your library’s connection and authentication information for this enriched data provider.
2. In the Administration Explorer tree view, open the Profiles folder for the organization, and click the PAC tab in the details view.
3. Double-click Enriched data. The Enriched Data dialog box opens.
4. Click the Syndetics tab.
5. If you receive cover images (book jackets) from Syndetics, click the Cover Images tab, and do the following:
   • Select (check) Enable.

Note:
If you use Syndetics cover images for rotating book jackets on the portal page, you must also supply Other Features settings. See Set up rotating book jackets.

• In the URL prefix box, type the Web address and path to the Syndetics content server or domain used for your account. The address must begin with http://www.syndetics.com/

Note:
PAC title lists and request pages use https, which is not supported by this prefix. If you want book jackets to be displayed on these pages, use the prefix https://secure.syndetics.com/

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If possible, use the Fully Qualified Domain Name instead of the IP address. If your infrastructure does not allow this, your Polaris Site Manager can help you work with Bowker Technical Support to resolve connectivity issues.

• In the URL suffix box, type your client code after &client=.The suffix defines your specific account access information. Contact your vendor to obtain this setting.

6. If you receive other Syndetics enriched data, such as video/music content and game profiles, click the Other Features tab, and do the following:
   1. Select (check) Enable.
   2. In the URL prefix box, type the Web address and path to the Syndetics content server or domain used for your account. The address must begin with
      http://www.syndetics.com/. Contact your vendor to obtain the account-specific portion of this setting.
   3. In the URL suffix box, type your client code after &client=. Contact your vendor to obtain this setting.
   4. Click OK.
7. If you use the Syndetics Unbound service, click the Unbound tab and do the following:
   1. In the Service URL box, type the URL for the Syndetics Unbound JavaScript library.
   2. In the Account ID box, type your library's account ID for Syndetics Unbound.
   3. Click OK.

Once the enriched content is enabled, configure the display of this content using the Product page categories: Configure profiles for PowerPAC and Mobile PAC. See Set up the PowerPAC product page and Set up the Mobile PAC title (product) page.