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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trainor, Cindi
Otros Autores: Price, Jason S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : ALA TechSource, ©2010.
Colección:Library technology reports ; v. 46, no. 7.
Temas:
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.