Greasemonkey lookup for Grand Rapids Area Libraries

I wrote a little greasemonkey script to hit up the entire Kent District Library and Lakeland Library Coop (which covers more than half of West Michigan) and see if (and where) books are in stock.

Install the script below, surf to a book page and it'll show you which branches carry the book, AND if it's in stock.

Here's an example page to try out
...and a screencap of what you should see.

Lakeland Library Co-op Inventory Search:
This script calls the catalog directly and asks about the book's status when you visit the page. Screencap
  • As of 5/1/2006 this no longer works. I'm keeping the source code out here in case you want to fix it. If you do, please let me know..I'll post updated code here. Thanks! Brian
  • Version 0.2 - llcoop-0.2.user.js
  • Version 0.1 - llcoop-0.1.user.js

For details on how/what/why/etc. see these fine pages:

Enjoy,
Brian