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How To Create and Use Featured Lists

Overview

Featured Lists are review files created with the Create Lists functionality of Minerva that are specially designated by system staff so that they appear in the display at:

http://minerva.maine.edu/ftlist

Clicking on a selection on this page will display the unique URL of the Featured List in the browser. The URL is persistent. The underlying list can be modified, its name can be changed, but the URL will still point to that Create Lists slot. Libraries may wish to use Featured Lists to create a web-based new book lists, a bibliography of materials on a topical subject, or some other related purpose.

Procedure

  1. Create a list, preferably in slot #319 or above -- whichever slot is open and is just large enough.
  2. Claim "ownership" of this list, i.e. highlight the list and click Own in the Millennium Create Lists interface.
  3. Contact maineinfonet@maine.edu with the list slot number you are using.
  4. MSL staff add your list number to the WWWOptions FEATURED_LISTS parameter.
  5. Your list appears when you go to: http://minerva.maine.edu/ftlist
  6. Click your list. Its direct URL appears in the address line of your browser. You can embed this URL in any of your web pages. You can update the list as and when you like with no change to the URL as long as it stays in the same list slot