Rethinking library linking
Subtitle: breathing new life into OpenURL
By: Cindi Trainor and Jason Price
Contributors: Price, Jason S.; ALA TechSource
Series: Library technology reports -- v. 46, no. 7 (Oct. 2010); Library technology reports -- v. 46, no. 7.
Publisher: ALA TechSource
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Open URL; Digitale bibliotheken; Bibliotheekautomatisering; Web services; Standards; Uniform Resource Identifiers; Electronic information resources; Access control; Libraries; Information technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: Scope of this report; title: Why OpenURL?; title: Basic terms; title: The OpenURL process; title: The appropriate copy: is it still a problem?; title: Getting beyond "Appropriate copy" : Understanding why OpenURL resolving fails; title: Tapping into the power of Google Scholar; title: Discovery tools: Shedding more light on link resolver failures; title: Making OpenURL better: Data, data, and more data; title: Industry initiatives; title: Conclusion; title: 2. Improving the resolver menu; title: Resolver menu redesign at EKU; title: Resolver rules and direct-to-full-text; title: Use statistics: SFX; title: Caveats; title: 3. Digging into the data; title: Testing OPenURL full text link resolution accuracy at our institutions; title: Resolver result accuracy by document type; title: Causes of failure; title: Qualitative observations on resolver effectiveness; title: Top ten list of tasks to improve resolver effectiveness.; title: 4. The future of OpenURL linking; title: Adapting to changes in the research environment; title: Expanding the reach of reference linking: OpenULR on the Web.; title: Other linking initiatives.; title: 5. Sources and resources; title: OpenURL; title: The Semantic Web and COinS; title: Browser extensions; title: SFX; title: Usability and user experience.