Purpose

This guide is to help you connect your library's BiblioBoard collection to your Palace Collection Manager.

Getting Access

To start connecting your library's BiblioBoard account to your Palace Collection Manager, you will need to contact [email protected] and request a

1. URL
2. access key
3. secret key

The Palace Implementation Team can also obtain your library’s collection credentials.

Configuring Palace Collection Manager

• Step 1 Open a web browser and open your circulation manager admin interface.
• Step 2 From the menu bar, click System 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
  • Fill in the configuration form
  • Name the collection in the Name field (example: “LIBRARYNAME BiblioBoard”)
  • Under URL, enter the following address for Biblioboard’s OPDS feed:https://catalog.biblioboard.com/opds/crawlable/0
  • Under Data source name, enter “Biblioboard”
  • Under Library’s username or Access Key, enter the Access Key (this is provided by BiblioBoard)
  • Under Library's password or secret key, enter the Secret Key (this is provided by BiblioBoard)
  • Under Libraries, select your library from the dropdown list, then click Add Library
  • Click Submit