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Managing SFX: Collaboration between ILTS & E-Collections

Managing SFX: Collaboration between ILTS & E-Collections. Nisa Bakkalbasi Electronic Collections Librarian. Este Pope Systems Librarian. CDC Meeting Yale University Library February 22, 2007. Today’s Talk. What is SFX? Who uses it and why? How is it managed?. What is SFX.

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Managing SFX: Collaboration between ILTS & E-Collections

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  1. Managing SFX: Collaboration between ILTS & E-Collections Nisa Bakkalbasi Electronic Collections Librarian Este Pope Systems Librarian CDC Meeting Yale University Library February 22, 2007

  2. Today’s Talk • What is SFX? • Who uses it and why? • How is it managed?

  3. What is SFX • Generically referred as “context-sensitive link server.” • SFX is the proprietary name devised by ExLibris. • We renamed it “Yale Links.”

  4. It starts in a database…

  5. How it works? Source window Services window Target window

  6. Service menu: we have it in full text!

  7. Service menu: we don’t have it in full text!

  8. More than full text …

  9. Bringing Google users back to the library collection

  10. Number of requests and clickthroughs From January 1, 2007 to February 17, 2007: • There have been 106,333 requests and 78,328 clickthroughs. • Number of requests per source: • PubMed 26,428 • OVID Medline16,885 • EBSCO 13,423 • Web of Science 10,169 • Google Scholar 9,028

  11. Most popular journals • Billboard (13,424) • The New England journal of medicine (846) • Science (789) • Journal of the American Chemical Society (723) • Nature (668) • JAMA (597)

  12. Number of clickthroughs per target • E-Journals lookup (10,793) • Orbis lookup (7,698) • EbscoHost Academic Search Premier (7,529) • Elsevier Freedom Collection (7,476) • Ovid Journals (4,297)

  13. A shared responsibility

  14. ILTS and E-collections signs a contract - May 2006 • E-Collections • Manage contents of the database. • Respond to forwarded target error/repair issues. • Create documentation and provide training for the knowledge base maintenance team. • ILTS • Monthly updates, software updates, upgrades • Troubleshooting problem reports • Interface configuration, enhancements

  15. Please forward all Yale Links questions to Este and Nisa. Thank you!

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