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Rethinking library linking [electronic resource] : breathing new life into OpenURL / Cindi Trainor and Jason Price.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Library technology reports ; v. 46, no. 7.Publication details: Chicago : ALA TechSource, c2010.Description: 1 online resource : illISBN:
  • 9780838991329 (electronic bk.)
  • 0838991327 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780838991336 (electronic bk.)
  • 0838991335 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rethinking Library Linking: Breathing New Life into OpenURLDDC classification:
  • 025.284 23
LOC classification:
  • Z692.C65 T73 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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