leidenuniversitylibrary / alma-primo-locate-tool-open-source

The open-source version of the Alma-Primo Locate Tool.

Alma-Primo Locate Tool (APLT)

The Alma-Primo Locate Tool (APLT) is an open-source web application that uses the Alma API and Alma to display a button in Primo.
The button links to pages that help patrons find items around your Library building(s) and rooms.

Features

• An admin panel to create, update, and delete buildings and locations.
• An alert system, to inform your users about important events/changes at your library.
• Mobile first design: Looks great on mobile since if you need to find a book on a shelf, chances are you are not sitting behind your desk.
• Google Maps integration: display a handy map to get to the right building.
• Possibility to upload maps of your Locations!¹
• Flexible development environment: built using Laravel Framework.
• Open-source.
• Easy installation.
• Clear documentation.

Documentation

Read the step-by-step documentation.

Live example at Leiden University Libraries

This book has been activated in Alma, and displays a link to our implementation of the Alma-Primo Locate Tool:

https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/f/6jdn1r/UBL_ALMA21167033900002711

The scriptorium and library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105
Newton, Francis , 1928-
Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge University Press
1999

On the Catalogue page there is a button with a link to our APLT:
https://finder.library.universiteitleiden.nl/find/BSZ4

GitHub Repository

Interested in taking APLT for a spin? You can download the source code and follow the rest of the documentation to get started.

Footnotes

1. Currently in beta. This feature will be reworked in a later release. ↩