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Sirsi Resolver at the University of Leicester

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

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  1. Sirsi Resolver at the University of Leicester Jonathan Field Sept 3rd, 2004 EUUG, Amsterdam

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Search of Database A Citation LinkResolver Publisher’s site Database Database OPAC ILL request form

  8. Customer Profile example in Sirsi’s Resolver Knowledgebase

  9. 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

  10. Let’s See it in Action! • Search • Retrieve • Resolve • Receive Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  11. Let’s See it in Action! • Let’s start the user’s exploration in the Leicester Geology Room Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  12. Let’s See it in Action! • Search Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  13. Let’s See it in Action! • Receive Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  14. Let’s See it in Action! • Resolve Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  15. Let’s See it in Action! • Receive Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  16. Let’s See it in Action! • Let’s see it again, but this time with the user starting from the OPAC Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  17. Let’s See it in Action! • Search Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  18. Let’s See it in Action! • Retrieve Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  19. Let’s See it in Action! • Resolve Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  20. Let’s See it in Action! • Receive Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  21. 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

  22. Let’s See it in Action! • Search Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  23. Let’s See it in Action! • Receive Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  24. 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

  25. Let’s See it in Action! • Fibbed again… What if the user starts in the vendor’s native interface? Sirsi Internal Communication Confidential

  26. Sirsi Resolver at the University of Leicester Jonathan Field Sept 3rd, 2004 EUUG, Amsterdam

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