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LinkFinderPlus at the University of Edinburgh –
the story so far……
Liz Stevenson
Edinburgh University Library
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ENCompass
• Endeavor Information Systems Inc
• Purchased on behalf of the University of Edinburgh
• Joint purchase with the National Library of Scotland
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ENCompass
Digital Collections: local collections – exam papers, finding aids, streaming video, teaching resources
Resource Access: federated searching of remote databases
LinkFinderPlus: OpenURL resolver
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Implementation timetable
• Contract signed December 2002
• Project planning
• Project Team
• On site training: March 2003
• Installation and set up
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Project Team: ENCompass
• Project management
• Metadata
• Interface design
• LinkFinderPlus
• Resources & Collections
• Liaison and Promotion
• Managing user expectations
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Pilot project
• Exemplar site, selected data resources
• Subgroups
• User training
• On-going development issues
• Continually growing resources
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LinkFinderPlus: Targets• Targets activated to date:
– SwetsWise– ScienceDirect– ingenta– JSTOR– Springer– Nature
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LinkFinderPlus: Sources
• Test only– SwetsWise– FirstSearch– ScienceDirect
• September-October 2003Wider implementation
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LinkFinderPlus: Sources
• Issues WOK & SwetsWise: compliant, but only SFX
button available
BIDS: only SilverPlatter services available
Linguistics Abstracts Online not compliant till 2004
Educational Research Abstracts Online not compliant
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LinkFinderPlus
• Activation of multiple targets
• Accuracy of local holdings
• Accuracy of aggregators’ data
• Improved access to full text
• Choice of sources, if required
• Alternative services
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LinkFinderPlus
• Split runs & Moving walls
• Maintenance
• Library Catalogue
• Web list
• Third party assistance?
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LinkFinderPlus
• Interface
• Extended services
• Link wording
• Development work
• Staffing
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The University of Edinburgh
Collections Gateway test site
http://morrigan.lib.ed.ac.uk:20008