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SFX – the original link server
UKOLN OpenURL Day 17th September 2003
Jenny Walker
jenny.walker@exlibris-usa.com
SFX – the original link server
UKOLN OpenURL Day 17th September 2003
Jenny Walker
jenny.walker@exlibris-usa.com
SFX: a history
• 1997/98 - SFX research work at Ghent University begins
• February 2000 – Ex Libris acquires SFX technology
• November 2000 – OpenURL to NISO• March 2001 – SFX product launch• June 2002 (ALA) – 200 customers in 17
countries• July 2002 – Active international user group
formed (SMUG)• September 2003 – 440 customers in 29
countries
SFX Customers
• Widely distributed around the world, operating in many different languages
• 60% use ILS other than Ex Libris ALEPH
• 70% of customers represent consortia members
• Majority of customers are academic; but many corporate libraries, national libraries, special libraries and public libraries
• University of East Anglia
• Loughborough University
• MIMAS
• University of Bath
• University of Manchester
• Bradford University
• University of Newcastle
• Westminster University
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• Canterbury Christchurch College
• Napier University
SFX Local Clients• Nottingham University
• NUI, Galway
• The British Library
• Kings College London
• London Business School
• Astra Zeneca
• EDINA
• Anglia Polytechnic University
• Coventry University
• University of York
• Cranfield College and RMCS
• Lancaster University
A&I
e-print
Full Text
Portal
Citations Web Form
Reference Manager
SFX: interlinking ecollections
OPACLink
Server
SFX flow – A&I (Ovid) as link source
SFX Source SFX Menu
SFX Target
SFX flow – ScienceDirect as link source
SFX flow – OPAC Bib Record as link source
OpenURL:http://sfx.aaa.edu/menu?genre=journal&issn=1234-5678 &date=1998&title=Journal of Pathology
SFX Menu and Services under library control
Direct Link
For the librarian: central administration of links (and e-journal data) local control over what types of links are offered and to where these resolve optimizes use of licensed resources
For the user: Desktop delivery of full text when available electronicallyexpands the research horizons consistency and accuracy of links
SFX: benefits
SFX: the enabling mechanisms Enabled by the OpenURL standard – now well-
accepted by scholarly publishing community see http://www.sfxit.com/sources.html
Supported by comprehensive KnowledgeBase
• Comprehensive KnowledgeBase delivered with the SFX server (430,000+ journal titles of which 20,500 are unique ejournal titles; 90,000 ebooks)
• Contains a set of rules for linking including rules for fine-tuning
• Library “localizes” to match local subscriptions and conditions using SFX tools
• Web-based tools for management
• Regularly updated and distributed by Ex Libris. Well developed tools for update – preserves local changes.
SFX KnowledgeBase
SFX: not just about linking….
Central repository for ejournal subscriptions:
MARC enhancement of SFX ejournal records for loading into OPAC:
• MARC exchange format
• XML Marc Resource for unmediated document delivery requests
• Citation Linker
• A-Z journal title list
New
SFX: new directions
• Distributed rights evaluation – using SFX API
• OpenURL v1.0
• Shibboleth: attribute based authentication
• SFX Linking for technical services
• Integration with local authentication systems – EZProxy, ATHENS
• Integration with CrossRef/DOI • Integration with LMS eg Blackboard• Independent of other Ex Libris systems but
fully integrated• Single site installations and consortia• Locally hosted or Ex Libris hosted (via SFX
Subscription Service) – Solaris and Linux support
SFX in your library
UKOLN OpenURL Day, London 17th September 2003
jwalker@exlibris-usa.com
www.sfxit.com
UKOLN OpenURL Day, London 17th September 2003
jwalker@exlibris-usa.com
www.sfxit.com
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