OL 2 Stephanie Taylor Project Manager freedom by

OL 2 Stephanie Taylor Project Manager freedom by design

Changing reality Forthcoming article in USA… q Over 100, 000 document delivery ILL requests / year, but on consistent decrease due to e-docs being directly available to researchers. . . freedom by design

What Open. URL brings us q q Move metadata via URL from one system to another Opens many doors for system interaction freedom by design

New options q q q Link from citation to resource Link from citation to external resolver Known citation linking Link from citation to local OPACs Extended services freedom by design

Citation to resource q q Journal title Journal issue Article abstract Article full text þ þ þ o HTML PDF Word Document etc. freedom by design

Citation to resource q FD co-operative agreements: o o o JSTOR EBSCO Emerald Catchword / Ingenta Select Cross. Ref (for DOI lookup) Over 120 aggregators / publishers freedom by design

Link. Builder q q q A known citation seeking function It lets users who have a list of references/citations to enter specific details It then resolves the metadata and provides appropriate links to full text freedom by design

Link to local OPAC o o o Endeavor Voyager epixtech Ex. Libris Aleph Innopac Sirsi Unicorn freedom by design

Link to local OPAC o o o Monograph holdings Serial Holdings Local or consortia OPACs freedom by design

Extended Services Other uses for metadata: o o o Extended searching, e. g. author, subject Search to different target Create ILL requests Not part of Open. URL, but a side effect freedom by design

(dirty little secret) q Not all “reference linking” uses Open. URL q Open. URL mostly from source to link resolver q Many links to full-text targets must be constructed following each publisher’s or aggregator’s proprietary URL format freedom by design

What does it do? q For Library Users – connects library users to resources effectively q For Library Staff – helps manage resources efficiently helps manage user access effusively (!) freedom by design

Library user perspective q q Portal technologies let me search the wide world of information Open. URL technologies let me see what is available to me in my own world freedom by design

How does it work for users? The user must be logged to use OL 2, so they see their own options. They run a search… The OL 2 Resolver asks the following questions: 1. Can I match on ISSN? 2. What services are available to this user? 3. How will I build the URL to go to each available service? If the questions are answered successfully, the links are built and displayed to the user… The user clicks on the link and it is opens in another browser window… The search result contains metadata Journal title: Journal of management studies ISSN: 0022 -2380 Date/volume and issue data: Jul 2002/Vol 39/Issue 5 Pagination: p. 619 freedom by design

Library staff perspective q q q Portal technologies let me make resources available to users Open. URL technologies let me make sure users locate resources that are useful and accessable to them I can give a personalised service that is a realistic option within my work schedule freedom by design

How does it work for staff? The user must be authenticated to use OL 2. So when they run a search, they are searching relevant to them… The OL 2 Resolver asks the following questions: 1. Can I match on ISSN? 2. What services are available to this user? 3. How will I build the URL to go to each available service? All set up by library staff, for enlightened control… If the questions are answered successfully, the links are built and displayed to the user… Ease of use – just click to access… Maximize use of resources, e. g. : E-journals Own OPAC Consortial agreements Call on other services for a smooth workflow, e. g. : ILL request form Online bookstore Pay-per-view articles freedom by design

Management issues 1. Data management þ þ þ 2. Local e-journal subscriptions Aggregator / publishers New NISO committee Authorization control þ þ Appropriate link Legal link freedom by design

Staff Management Interface 1. Items • e-journal subscriptions, • OPACs, etc. 2. Services • Aggregator / publishers • Type of access, e. g. TOC, abstract, full text PDF, full text HTML 3. Accounts • Authorization control freedom by design

Holistic solutions q q OL 2 is not an isolated solution It is an important channel of communication, but needs to operate with other channels to be effective: o o o q Portal technologies Interlending/Document Delivery technologies Library/Information Management systems From discovery to delivery… freedom by design

Connecting the pieces Public User Search profiles and Collections Z 39. 50 OPAC Other resources Search Engines Link to nonsearchable resources local or web http A&I services Full-text services XML Meta-data freedom by design

Thank You! q Stephanie Taylor q Email: stephanie. taylor@fdisolutions. com q Web Site: http: //fdisolutions. com freedom by design