A bookmarklet is similar to any other “Favorite” or a “Bookmark” that you save in your internet browser. Similar, but also different. It is a very small program that takes input from the user and loads up a page based on that input.
Below are two bookmarklets that can search Diamond, our library catalog. Instead of having to navigate into the catalog and click on the search you want to do, the bookmarklet will search the catalog by keyword in one of two ways:
1) Highlight some text on your screen with your cursor. Then click on the bookmarklet. It will search the catalog for the words you highlighted and bring up a page of results.
2) Click on the bookmarklet. A box will pop-up prompting you to enter keywords. Type what you what to search for in the box and hit “OK”. You will then get a page of results in the catalog.
To use the bookmarklet you need to add it to your list of Favorites/Bookmarks. You can drag the link into your browser toolbar or right click and select “Add to Favorites/Bookmark this Link.” It works best if it is the group of bookmarks that appear in your toolbar.
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Salvatore C. DiMarco, Jr. was born in 1947 in Drexel Hill, PA. He learned photography from his father, a portrait painter in Philadelphia. In 1970, he graduated with a B.S. degree from the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University. Mr. DiMarco first joined the staff of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in 1967 as a summer intern. He eventually became Chief Photographer, overseeing a department of more than 30 photographers, editors, and technicians. After the Bulletin closed in 1982, he became a free lance photographer and divided his time between editorial, corporate and industrial magazine assignments. His photographs have appeared in many of the world’s leading magazines, including Time, and he won more than 150 international, national and regional awards for his work. He passed away on June 11, 2004.
Gilbert J. Tucker was born in Philadelphia in 1930. From an early age, he showed an interest in illustration. Upon graduating from Simon Gratz High School, he was awarded a scholarship to the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art, now called The University of the Arts. In 1951, he graduated from the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art with a diploma in illustration. Later, he continued his education at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1962. After working for a number of years as a technical and commercial illustrator, Mr. Tucker joined the staff of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin‘s Editorial Art Department from 1968 to 1980. There, he was able to exercise the full range of his abilities by providing illustrations to accompany articles and editorials. Since retiring in 1993, he devotes much of his time to watercolor painting, including landscapes and cityscapes around Philadelphia and the New Jersey shore.