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LinkFinder Plus :. Linking Citations & Abstracts to Online Full Text: What we know after Year 1. The LFP concept . LinkFinder Plus = “OpenURL Link Resolver” LFP is Endeavor Information Systems’ implementation of an OpenURL resolver. Some other OpenURL resolvers: SFX from Ex Libris

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  1. LinkFinderPlus : Linking Citations & Abstracts to Online Full Text: What we know after Year 1 Debbie Morrow, Systems Librarian, Jeff Daniels, Periodicals Cataloging Manager, & Bob Schoofs, Periodicals Librarian

  2. The LFP concept • LinkFinderPlus = “OpenURL Link Resolver” • LFP is Endeavor Information Systems’ implementation of an OpenURL resolver. • Some other OpenURL resolvers: • SFX from Ex Libris • WebBridge from Innovative Interfaces • Article Linker from Serials Solutions

  3. The LFP concept: Definitions The goal of a link resolver is to link a citation or abstract to online full text from any other available licensed or public resource. • Anthropological Literature • ComAbstracts • Etc. • ProQuest • EBSCOhost • ACS Publications • Etc. LFP at GVSU Link resolver A&I databases = “Sources” Full text resources = “Sites” containing “Targets”

  4. Link Target Target Target Link Source Metadata Link resolver Link The LFP concept: Linking • A link resolver accepts metadata from a source and presents links based on logic and business rules administered locally • It knows the user’s context and what the user has access to

  5. Link Target Target Target Link Source Metadata Link resolver Link The LFP concept: Standards OpenURL standardizes this part of the communication

  6. The LFP concept: OpenURL • OpenURL is a standard way to send metadata to a link resolver • Administered by NISO • Stakeholders • Libraries • Content providers • Software developers • OpenURL 1.0 was released as a Draft Standard in Nov. 2003. NISO standard Z39.88 was approved by voting members of NISO in 2004, and is presently “being readied for publication.” • (additional information on the NISO website)

  7. The LFP concept: OpenURL An example of an OpenURL metadata string for a journal article: http://encompass.gvsu.edu?&genre=article&issn=10410406&volume=17&issue=4&date=20021201&spage=8&sid=EBSCO:aph&title=Earth+Island+Journal&atitle=War+is+not+healthy+etc&aulast=&pid=<ui>7505463</ui></db>

  8. The LFP concept: OpenURL elements • http://encompass.gvsu.edu? • &genre=article • &issn=10410406 • &volume=17 • &issue=4 • &date=20021201

  9. The LFP concept: OpenURL elements • &spage=8 • &sid=EBSCO:aph • &title=Earth+Island+Journal • &atitle=War+is+not+healthy+etc • &aulast= • &pid=<ui>7505463</ui></db>

  10. The LFP concept: Chain of Events • In an OpenURL-compliant Source, e.g. Historical Abstracts • a user clicks on the “Full Text?” button. • An OpenURL version of the citation is sent to our link resolver, LinkFinderPlus, • which matches the citation to our licensed full text Targets • and presents any valid links to full text for the user.

  11. Implementing LFP • Set up GVSU’s LFP server • In LFP Admin, activate titles available to us in Target databases • Contact A&I database vendors and enable OpenURL linking in Source databases • Customize the LFP user interface

  12. Implementing LFP: Enabling Sources • Supply LFP base URL, link text, and link icon: • Base URL tells the Source where to send the OpenURL-formatted citation metadata: http://encompass.gvsu.edu:8888/lfp/LinkFinderPlus/Display • Link text (not used by all db’s): Check for Full Text • Link icon (not used by all db’s):

  13. LinkFinderPlus : Users’ view in the databases Eureka: button only FirstSearch: button + text link InfoTrac: text link only

  14. LinkFinderPlus : Users’ view in the databases ProQuest: LFP doesn’t appear on results list … … and where it appears in the individual record, we have no control over image or text choice:

  15. LinkFinderPlus : Users’ view in the databases Gale: LFP link appears whether or not full text is available in the current database: This is pretty common among our databases; only a few present the LFP text link or button only when there is no full text in the current source. Also, the links appear in the source databases whether or not GVSU can supply any full text targets in other sites.

  16. Implementing LFP: User Interface • Customize the LFP user interface: • Use XSL and HTML to customize the LFP linking screen • Configure and activate ‘Extended Services’ in LFP Admin

  17. Customizations: • applied new GVSU Libraries consistent “look & feel” banner • developed a number of “Extended Services” links

  18. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines America History & Life (ABC-CLIO) What we love to see: LFP working perfectly!

  19. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines • Reality check: • LFP doesn’t always present links • Links presented by LFP don’t always work • You can work with this!

  20. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines • It will help you to know… • … OpenURLs and OpenURL resolvers are new technology, and they don’t work 100%. • … For a library our size, we are within the expected range of having licenses to link to full text for 25-35% of citations (we’re closer to 25%). • … You can report problems; some are fixable if they’re brought to someone’s attention. • … You can expect improvements to the application over time. • … You can teach users all the things they can do from the ‘Full Text Finder’ screen.

  21. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines ProQuest LFP didn’t find it: we only have it in print.

  22. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines Communication Abstracts (CSA) Sometimes LFP doesn’t succeed in finding a path to online full text we actually have, as discovered by using the Voyager ISSN link search. Some of these can be fixed, if the failure is reported; some can’t …

  23. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines MLA (FirstSearch) LFP didn’t find it: but using the link to the Serials Solutions e-journals list reveals that we do have it online (and a Voyager title search matches on a current print subscription, too) E-Journals list (Serials Solutions)

  24. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines Communication Abstracts (CSA) LFP found a link, but there’ s no full text there: LFP can’t yet work with the common 6-12 month publisher embargos … ProQuest

  25. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines … but the Serials Solutions E-journals list has the embargo information. E-Journals list (Serials Solutions)

  26. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines America History & Life (ABC-CLIO) What we hate to see: database connection errors and other problems. Please report these! …

  27. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines • Reporting an LFP problem is easy: • Use Snag-It to capture the LFP screen, including the citation • On the Snag-It screen, use Send Mail to open an e-mail with your screen capture attached • In the e-mail, indicate the database you were starting from, the link you had a problem with, and the nature of the problem, OR information you have about a link that should be showing • Address your e-mail to Jeff Daniels in Periodicals • If you prefer, just make a screen print of the LFP screen (use ctrl-p to print or use Snag-It), and write the additional details on the printout for Jeff.

  28. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines • LFP ‘Extended Services’ links let you: • Look in Voyager by ISSN or Title • Enter a title search in the Serials Solutions list of e-journals • Check other libraries • Go to an ILL request form • Send a question to the Library

  29. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines The ‘Edit Citation’ button can be used to correct faulty information, e.g. a typo in a volume number or ISSN But use with ‘Edit Citation’ with caution, it’s not often a successful option.

  30. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines If we had a link in a convenient spot, the ‘Add/Edit Citation’ Information screen could also be used to enter citation information directly and look for full text “Search by article citation” button here?

  31. LinkFinderPlus : On the front lines • When you have questions: • Send e-mail to Jeff Daniels • Check the ‘GVSU Library Staff FAQ’ on LinkFinderPlus: in My Computer, go to L:\Policies\FAQs\FAQ_LFP.htm

  32. LinkFinderPlus : in a nutshell, … . . . Because each vendor is unique, and they don’t all follow the new standard exactly the same way, some links don’t work, and interfaces don’t all have the same features. BUT, When it works, it works great! – it becomes a seamless part of the databases, and simply gets people to what they want: full text on their screen.

  33. Acknowledgements Significant portions of this presentation are adapted from slides and remarks presented by Harry Samuels, LinkFinderPlus Product Manager, Endeavor Information Systems and NISO Committee AX member, at an MLC “OpenURL Special Program” on 14 November 2003.

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