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Sirsi Resolver at the University of Leicester. Jonathan Field Sept 3rd, 2004 EUUG, Amsterdam. An overview of OpenURL Resolution. OpenURL is a syntax for URLs OpenURL embeds metadata like ISSN, journal title, article title, etc. More and more vendors are using the OpenURL standard
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Sirsi Resolver at the University of Leicester Jonathan Field Sept 3rd, 2004 EUUG, Amsterdam
An overview of OpenURL Resolution • OpenURL is a syntax for URLs • OpenURL embeds metadata like ISSN, journal title, article title, etc. • More and more vendors are using the OpenURL standard • OpenURL Resolution maximize your investment in E-Resources, because they bring users in contact with resources Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential
What are the pieces that make up an OpenURL? • The OpenURL includes a “base URL” plus a query, which contains the metadata for the item • The OpenURL may include DOI (digital object identifiers) or other unique identification numbers Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential
What does an OpenURL look like? • Below is an example of an OpenURL • http://somedatabase.vendor.com/represents the base URL • The remainder of the OpenURL includes the query:menu?genre=article&issn=12345678&volume=15&issue=6&date=20010908&spage=67&aufirst=Ivana&aulast=Reedabook http://somedatabase.vendor.com/menu?genre=article& issn=12345678&volume=15&issue=6&date=20010908& spage=67&aufirst=Ivana&aulast=Reedabook Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential
Sounds great! • And it is, but, it’s out of our control • The vendors are determining where these links are going • The patron “sees” a link to the full text, but then gets led to a database that the library does not subscribe to Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential
What does a link resovler do? • Link resolvers allow us to control where the OpenURL ultimately “resolves” • The OpenURL passes through the link resolver, i.e the Sirsi Resolver • The Resolver returns a menu of choices, based on the resources that the library has defined as their profile within the Knowledgebase, i.e where the full text, or “appropriate copy” of the item may be found Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential
Search of Database A Citation LinkResolver Publisher’s site Database Database OPAC ILL request form
Citation: Reedabook, Ivana. “How do link resolvers actually work?” Better Research Quarterly, Vol. 13 (1992) No. 6, pp. 65-71 Better Research Quarterly Holdings Info
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Let’s See it in Action! • One last time. Let’s say the user knowsthe article they want, and has the issue information in hand. Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential
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Let’s See it in Action! • Ok, one more… How about integrating local print holdings into the knowledge base? Let’s say the user starts in the A-Z List Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential
Let’s See it in Action! • Fibbed again… What if the user starts in the vendor’s native interface? Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential
Sirsi Resolver at the University of Leicester Jonathan Field Sept 3rd, 2004 EUUG, Amsterdam