SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community

1. SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community Ross MacIntyre

2. SFX ‘Talking Shop’ June 2002 • Implementors • London Business School, U.Loughborough, Royal Holloway - U.London, U.East Anglia, U.Westminster [& AstraZeneca] • SFX Hosting Institution • MIMAS (U.Manchester) • Evaluators • U.Bradford, King’s College London, U.Manchester, U.Plymouth • External Evaluator • U.Loughborough SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

3. London Business School • Limited source to LBS ‘Faculty Publications’ database • Want to go straight to full-text • Quiet rollout • Plan to use SFX as an ‘Article Finder’ to replace their JournalFinder application • Parallel SFX servers SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

4. University of Loughborough • Aleph site – SFX & Metalib licenced • Go-live for new academic year 2002/3 – Metalib ‘loud’ & SFX ‘quiet’ • Setting up sources more tedious & complex than expected • Sorting out holdings data (local control numbers not ISSNs, aggregator lists, etc) • Full text priority – all targets available to Loughborough added SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

5. U of East Anglia • Purchased SFX with Aleph & Metalib • 3 week implementation (“too quick!”) Feb 2002 • All sources possible, targets limited to major ‘bundled’ deals – ‘slowly & accurately’ • Maintain own ‘master list’ of e-jnl holdings – concerns over accuracy of KB • Want to populate Aleph with data from SFX SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

6. Royal Holloway, U of London • Aleph site – SFX natural choice • To increase use of e-jnls & help with e-jnl management • Licenced April 2001 went live in October (quietly) • Activated all targets which include e-jnls, all relevant library catalogues • SFX as resource discovery tool – Internet Movie Db, New Grove Dict of Music • Focus of training for students for Oct 2002 • Future – integrate with ILL, local target of stock location, more resource discovery. SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

7. U of Westminster • Aleph customer • Improve access to e-jnls & remove links from library records • Installed Sept 2001, go-live Feb 2002 (quietly) • Significant effort to set up – no detailed holdings records, KB discrepancies • CrossRef service too slow • Want Aleph consistent with SFX SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

8. MIMAS, National Academic Data Centre,UK • Creating multiple instances • National Default Resolver service • Evaluated by Plymouth & King’s College • Hosted instances • For U of Manchester & Bradford • Shared server • Compare with other OpenURL resolvers • External evaluation SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

9. MIMAS, National Academic Data Centre,UK • Installation performed by MIMAS • National Default Resolver • Source: #1 = ISI Web of Science (but all active) • Targets: Free full-text, free Abstracts/ToC, ‘ac.uk’ widely-used (WoS, JSTOR & COPAC) & general services (FAQ & Feedback) • Hosted Instances • Bradford live • Manchester still checking • SFX s/w & KB updates problematic SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

10. Summary • Ex Libris should be ‘in the loop’ with software/journal providers and institutions • SFX support and KB inaccuracies • Aleph/Metalib/SFX consistency • Subject classification within KB? • Customer-led prioritisation of future Sources & Targets • Distinguish SFX from OpenURL standard SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002

11. Follow “SFX Trial” link from: http://www.mimas.ac.uk/metadata/ITAM/ Thank you. SFX Implementation in the UK Academic Community, SMUG Paris 3rd October 2002