SUNY Library Software Users Group Conference 2008: “Brewing Up Solutions”

2. SUNY Library Software Users Group Conference 2008:“Brewing Up Solutions” Cliff Gilley Product Manager Serials Solutions

3. Introductions • Cliff Gilley • Product Manager for 360 Link, 360 Core, and Client Center. • Serials Solutions • Librarians Creating Solutions for Librarians • E-Resource Access & Management Systems (ERAMS) • 360 Link • 360 Link = OpenURL Link Resolver

4. 360 Link: Overview • 360 Link is Serials Solutions’ OpenURL Link Resolver product. • OpenURL is a NISO standard method of locating appropriate resources from citation data. • OpenURL traditionally has focused on identifying and locating electronic, full-text serials content. • Customization options within 360 Link break the mold of full-text and enable unlimited resource lookup possibilities.

5. 360 Link: Customizations Three Methods of 360 Link Customization: • Custom Links • IFRAME integration • Link API

6. 360 Link: Custom Links Overview: • No Dead Ends! • Alternate methods of accessing research. • ANY resource that accepts URL data. • Can be made “conditional”… • By Format or Full-Text Availability

7. 360 Link: Custom Links Use any of the following in your Custom Links URL: • Article Number • Article Title • Author Full Name • Corporate Author • Author First Name • Author Initials • Author Last Name • CODEN Identifier • Date • Electronic ISSN • Hyphenated eISSN • Ending Page • Genre • Inventor Full Name • Inventor First Name • Inventor Last Name • ISBN • ISSN • Hyphenated ISSN • Issue • Number • OCLC Code • Page Range • Place of Publication • PubMed ID • Publisher • Quarter of Publication • SICI Code • Source ID • Starting Page • Season of Publication • Title • Volume

8. 360 Link: Custom Links Examples: • Google News Search for Journal Author:http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=<?aufirst?>+<?aulast?>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=stephen+hawking • Amazon.com Search for Book by ISBN:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/<?isbn?>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561563080 • OPAC search by title and author:http://catalog.kcls.org/search/X?SEARCH=a:(<?au?>)+and+t:(<?title?>) http://catalog.kcls.org/search/X?SEARCH=a:(Herman%20Melville)+and+t:(Moby%20Dick)

9. 360 Link: Custom Links

10. 360 Link: IFRAME Customizations Overview: • IFRAME is an HTML function that embeds external pages in any browser page. • A step beyond simple links – we can display the RESULTS of the linked page in-line. • OPAC Pre-Search Example:Create conditional linking into your OPAC by determining first whether the resource is available there – if so, link appears, if not, nothing appears.

11. IFRAME Example

12. 360 Link: IFRAME Example

13. 360 Link: XML API Overview: • The XML API provides complete control and customization of the 360 Link user experience. • This is the ultimate in customization options – we provide you all of the underlying data, and you create the experience your patrons want.

14. 360 Link: XML API How does it work…?

15. Q & A For more information, visit us at http://www.serialssolutions.com.