Purpose

This document is to help you connect your library's Biblioboard collection to your Library Simplified circulation manager.

Getting Access

To start connecting your library's Plymtpon account to your Library Simplified circulation manager, you will need to contact Plymton and request a

  1. URL

  2. access key

  3. secret key

Configuring Circulation Manager

  • Step 1   Open a web browser and open your circulation manager admin interface.   This is you circulation manager URL with https://circulation.libraryname-state.org/admin  
  • Step 2   From the menu bar, click Configuration to enter into the Configuration Manager portion of the Admin interface.

  • Step 3  Select Collections from the menu on the left and select Create a new collection

  • Step 4  Select OPDS for Distributors from the Protocol drop down field..

 

  • Step 5   Fill in the configuration form

    • Name the collection in the Name field
      (example: “Arizona Reads”)

    • Under URL, enter the following address for Plympton Book’s OPDS feed:  http://opds.plympton.com/opds/feed/

    • Under Data source name, enter “Plympton” 

    • Under Library’s username or Access Key, enter the Access Key 
      *this is provided by Plympton Books

    • Under Library's password or secret key, enter the Secret Key
      *Provided by Plympton Books

    • Select the library this collection services from the Add Library drop down

    • Click Submit