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LinkOut Update. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting 2006 Phoenix, AZ. Update Items. Home page and Help Submission Utility redesign Enhancing localization: Share My NCBI selections with your users LinkOut promotional materials New Flash tutorials. New Developments: Website & Help.
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LinkOut Update Medical Library Association Annual Meeting 2006 Phoenix, AZ
Update Items • Home page and Help • Submission Utility redesign • Enhancing localization: Share My NCBI selections with your users • LinkOut promotional materials • New Flash tutorials
New Developments: Website & Help • Redesigned to facilitate access to information. • Home page provides web site navigation and quick access to Help manual. • Web site contains frequently updated information, such as FAQs and training materials. • LinkOut Help is a basic instruction manual for LinkOut, Outside Tool and DDS participation.
New Developments: Website & Help Getting there from PubMed (www.pubmed.gov)
New Developments: Website & Help “Quick Links” to frequently used resources. “Quick links” to Help and FAQ lists. Tab format groups resources for easy access.
New Developments: Website & Help Links are grouped by topic. Information for Libraries is under the “Libraries” tab.
New Developments: Website & Help Click on the topic to toggle the menu
New Developments: Website & Help Many of the links lead directly to the topic in LinkOut Help.
New Developments: Website & Help Searchable! Complete contents here. LinkOut Help is a book on the NCBI bookshelf. TOC in sidebar.
New Developments: Website & Help Each chapter is available as a PDF for easy printing.
What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility • Library Submission Utility redesign • Goals: • Improve layout for easier use • Incorporate new features SNEAK PEAK!!!
What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility Like the homepage, a tabbed format assists with navigation. LinkOut is the default tab.
What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility Browse or search. Listing journals by title ranges improves browsing. Choices for browsing. Filter the list.
What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility Simple “click to pick” format is maintained for journal selection.
What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility URL Prefix/Suffix: Customize the URLs for your library’s links. NEW FEATURES!
What we’ve been working on: Submission Utility Manage Outside Tool and DDS from the Submission Utility.
Enhanced localizing: My NCBI share • Display icons, filter tabs, and highlighting from My NCBI using a special URL. • Increase the visibility of your library’s resources for your users. • Easy to set up: www.pubmed.gov
Enhanced localizing : My NCBI share • For example: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?myncbishare=linkout
LinkOut Promotional Materials • In response to requests for promotional materials from libraries. • Help libraries promote LinkOut to users.
LinkOut Promotional Materials • What are other libraries doing to promote LinkOut?
New Tutorials • 3 short animated Flash tutorials • Displaying Icons • Setting up filters • PubMed & OpenURL-based services • LinkOut>Libraries>Training and Promotion • Ideas for topics? Please let us know.
Questions?????? Please send questions and comments to: lib-linkout@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov