This document outlines the basic process of creating a new sideload for Pika and some of the considerations for sideloading.
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The first step will be getting a file of MARC records from the eContent vendor of all items your patrons have access to. The filename should end with a .mrc extension. If your library needs to use proxy links for your patrons to access the content, please inform us how the proxy links should be set. You do not need to modify the MARC records to include the proxy links, we will add this as part of the sideload set up.
When you are getting the MARC file from the vendor, please contact us for an FTP account & credentials, include the Public IP of the machine you will upload the files from. We will create an account on our FTP server for your library to send us updated MARC files. The Public IP is needed to allow you to connect to the FTP server through our firewall.
If the URLs your library will use will be different from the URLs other libraries would use, it is easier to have a separate set of MARC records even if the collection from the vendor is similar to one from another library.
Pika can now modify eContent links if there is a reliable pattern to follow, so there are exceptions to this.
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Useful documentation
Side Loading Pros & Cons document
Using Marmot FTP Server to Side Load MARC Records document - instruction on how to use the FTP client and considerations for files.for Sideloaded MARC
Other considerations
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