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Implementing the AIS E-strategy “Practicing what we preach”

Implementing the AIS E-strategy “Practicing what we preach”. Presented by Ina Smith to the UP Library Advisory Committee 31 May 2006. Research at UP highest. “Pandor praises Tuks for its amount of research” – Beeld, 12 May 2006. Supporting research. E-products:

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Implementing the AIS E-strategy “Practicing what we preach”

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  1. Implementing the AIS E-strategy“Practicing what we preach” Presented by Ina Smith to the UP Library Advisory Committee 31 May 2006

  2. Research at UP highest “Pandor praises Tuks for its amount of research” –Beeld, 12 May 2006

  3. Supporting research E-products: • Federated Search Engine (Google Scholar™) • Institutional Research Repository (UPSpace)

  4. A Federated Search Solution for UP Google Scholar™ & ScholarSFX™

  5. “Only librarians like to search; everyone else likes to find.” - Roy Tennant -

  6. What is a Federated Search Engine? • Global search OR Meta Search OR Broadcast Search • Same-time searches of different e-resources • Single searchable point • Blends: • E-journals, library catalogue, subscription databases, e-print collections, digital repositories, web pages

  7. Why a Federated Search Engine? • Client service business model • Client needs have changed • NetGen students depend on Google • Simple search interface • Search all resources simultaneously • “Three-clicks” • Saves time • Immediate access to fulltext via link resolver • Maximise technology • Utilise AIS Subscription databases more fully • Reduce workload on staff

  8. About Google Scholar™ “Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadlysearch for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: • Peer-reviewed papers, • Theses; • Books; • Abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.”

  9. Basic Search

  10. Advanced Search Limit search to specific author, publication, date published etc. Limit search to specific subject areas

  11. About ScholarSFX™ • Free Service – eIFL Countries • Link resolver • Enables users to link from Google Scholar™ references to fulltext: • Free e-journal targets, e.g. DOAJ, Highwire Press • Aggregator e-journal targets • Subscription fulltext e-journals • OCLC WorldCat

  12. Google Scholar™ & ScholarSFX™ Input (keywords) Knowledge Base Federated Search Engine Google Scholar™ Open URL Link Resolver ScholarSFX™ Output/ Results (fulltext)

  13. Access fulltext within 3 clicks! • On-campus: IP recognitionAccessible via WAM Table @ http://0-scholar.google.com.innopac.up.ac.za • Off-campus:http://0-scholar.google.com.innopac.up.ac.za OR Access from http://scholar.google.comSet Google “Scholar Preferences”

  14. Links client to Google Scholar™ URL on WAM Table http://0-scholar.google.com.innopac.up.ac.za More info about the implementation of Google Scholar™& ScholarSFX™ Instructions for use

  15. Access (1): Authentication

  16. Access (2): Search terms

  17. Access (3): References

  18. Lookout for one of the following: • Library Search – to holdings in catalogue • SFX@University of Pretoria – to fulltext journal articles

  19. Access (4): Link to catalogue

  20. Access (5): Link to catalogue

  21. Access (6): Catalogue info

  22. Client has already been authenticated via LDAP Server

  23. Access (7): Link to article

  24. Access (8): Platform (Vendor/ Publisher)

  25. Access (9): Open Fulltext

  26. Client has already been authenticated via LDAP Server

  27. Benefit all! • Guide Google-users back to valuable high quality library resources • Increase library presence • Address client needs • Saves time • Immediate access to fulltext via link resolver • Reduce workload on staff • Training: Effective Internet search strategies • Training: Evaluate quality of resources • All for free! • “If you can’t beat them, join them!” • Share this implementation with others

  28. “Offering [Google Scholar™] as an option will not deny our students the choice of using a specific database and advanced features. But refusing to offer that option will deny them an alternative that may suit their needs better than database-by-database searching.” - James Rettig, Univ of Richmond -

  29. An Institutional Research Repository for the University of Pretoria UPSpace

  30. What is an institutional repository? • Set of services • Management & dissemination of digital materials • Organisational commitment • Stewardship • Long-term preservation • Organisation, access, distribution

  31. Why an institutional repository? From: “What’s happening to our world?” – Pierre Malan (Sabinet), 17-08-2005 • We need to learn to manage digital resources as well as we do with print • The emphasis is going back towards organizing content • We need to work even closer together in this global world • Adapt new ways of delivering service, perhaps even to people you might never see

  32. Access UPSpace https://www.ais.up.ac.za/dspace/

  33. Jonathan Jansen Collection Curriculum Vitae

  34. Gerard Moerdijk Collection

  35. Arnold Theiler Collection

  36. UPePrints (Scholarly Publications)

  37. Other items • Web-pages • Books • Presentations e.g. in MSPowerPoint • Conference papers • Technical reports • Working papers • Interviews • Datasets • Maps • Audio files • Video files • 2D/ 3D - objects

  38. Other Collections • Mapungubwe Collection • Housing Collection (Arhitecture) • Bone Cancer Research Group (Chemistry) • Pastures (Veterinary Sciences) • Pearce Collection • Sir Herbert Baker Collection • Centre for Augmentative & Alternative Communication • SA Music Collections

  39. Benefits (1) • For Researchers • Central archive of research • Profile – web space • Increased visibility & prestige • Increased usage and impact • Distributed or decentralised input • Persistant URL’s for citations • Statistical reports • Restrict access • Encourages dialogue between researchers • E-mail • Recommend an Item • Subscribe to a Collection • For UP • Provide coherent view of UP research output with immediate access to fulltext • Link to UP Research Report • Long term archiving & preservation of intellectual output • Making available UP wealth of knowledge internationally

  40. Benefits (2) • For scholars • Free, unrestricted easy access – also to fulltext • Searchable (incl. fulltext) – not static web page • For information specialists • Convenient, easily retrievable • Develop new skills • Updated with regard to research conducted • Electronic workflow – quality control • Collaboration with faculties • For the Community!

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