Linking to Aleph OPAC searches requires removing session IDs from URLs and using specific parameters like find_scan_code—here's how to create persistent, proxied links.
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I enhanced EZproxy's needhost.htm with a Google Form that lets users report access errors—collecting browser data automatically and emailing me the results for quick troubleshooting.
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Migrating from Drupal 6 to 7, I hit a wall when user contact forms wouldn't follow my Pathauto URL patterns—until I discovered the Sub-pathauto module fixed it perfectly.
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Co-op shifts, a 20-mile bike tour, a conference presentation, and a nerve-wracking job interview—all in one month. Also: I was accidentally on TV.
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A King of the Hill episode about a food co-op was all the push I needed. I joined the Greene Hill Food Co-op in Brooklyn—less than a mile from my...
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I went vegan—for no particular reason. Armed with Isa Chandra Moskowitz cookbooks and a compost pail, I'm biking to the farmers' market and loving every minute of it.
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I've been lusting after a steel-frame Salsa Casseroll for months. Turns out my boyfriend had the same idea. Looks like I'm getting a new bike after all.
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A rainy escape to Lake Luzerne: fog at the top of Hadley Mountain, a muddy fall on the way down, and a delirious 30-mile bike ride in the sun. Muscles...
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Our library instructional videos turned out exactly as envisioned—short tutorials students can email to themselves, created through collaboration across campus departments.
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Reviewing 239 student citations revealed that 62.8% came from websites, not library databases—making me question whether we should teach Google skills before database searching.
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