Rethinking library linking : breathing new life into OpenURL /
This issue of Library Technology Reports provides practicing librarians with real-world examples and strategies for improving resolver usability and functionality in their own institutions.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
ALA TechSource,
©2010.
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Colección: | Library technology reports ;
v. 46, no. 7. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- Scope of this report
- Why OpenURL?
- Basic terms
- The OpenURL process
- The appropriate copy: is it still a problem?
- Getting beyond "Appropriate copy" : Understanding why OpenURL resolving fails
- Tapping into the power of Google Scholar
- Discovery tools: Shedding more light on link resolver failures
- Making OpenURL better: Data, data, and more data
- Industry initiatives
- Conclusion
- 2. Improving the resolver menu
- Resolver menu redesign at EKU
- Resolver rules and direct-to-full-text
- Use statistics: SFX
- Caveats
- 3. Digging into the data
- Testing OPenURL full text link resolution accuracy at our institutions
- Resolver result accuracy by document type
- Causes of failure
- Qualitative observations on resolver effectiveness
- Top ten list of tasks to improve resolver effectiveness.
- 4. The future of OpenURL linking
- Adapting to changes in the research environment
- Expanding the reach of reference linking: OpenULR on the Web.
- Other linking initiatives.
- 5. Sources and resources
- OpenURL
- The Semantic Web and COinS
- Browser extensions
- SFX
- Usability and user experience.