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Transparent and Scalable OpenURL Quality Metrics
Adam ChandlerCornell University Library
er&l, Austin, Texas, February 2, 2010
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OpenURL model
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incoming OpenURL
http://linkresolver.library.cornell.edu:4550/resserv?&url_ver=z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.atitle=item-level+usage+statistics+a+review+of+current+practices+and+recommendations+for+normalization+and+exchange&rft.auinit=c&rft.aulast
=merk&rft.date=2009&rft.epage=162&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=0737-8831&rft.issue=1&rft.place=bingley&rft.pub=emerald+group+publishing+limited&rft.spage=151&rft.stitle=libr+hi+tech&rft.title=library+hi+tech&rft.volume=27&rfr_id=info:sid/www.isinet.com:wok:wos&rft.au=scholze,+f&rft.au=windisch,+n&rft_id=info:doi/10.1108%2f07378830910942991/
in our knowledge base?
title: Library hi tech issn: 0737-8831 start date: 19970101 end date:
link-to syntax for Emerald
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/rpsv/cgi-bin/cgi?body=linker&reqidx=#@ISSN-HYPHEN#(#@DATE#)#@VOLUME#:#@ISSUE#L.#@SPAGE#
OpenURL model
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OpenURL timeline
1999
Gartner Hype Cycle. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
2004
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NISO OpenURL Quality Initiative
Adam Chandler (chair). Cornell University Library
Susan Marcin. Columbia University
Oliver Pesch. EBSCO Information Services
Ellen Rotenberg. Thomson Reuters
Elizabeth Winter. Georgia Tech Library
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NISO OpenURL Quality Initiative
• Two year project
• Focus on incremental improvements, based around quarter (three month) time units
• Report at the end of the two years will make a recommendation about continuation
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“Transparent and Scalable OpenURL Quality Metrics”
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Mellon funded planning grant for L'Année philologique
Is it possible to build an expert system that will evaluate the quality of OpenURLs from a content provider?
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Constant: Core elements used by content providers in their link-to targets
title - 64%
spage - 64%
volume - 61%
issue - 60%
date - 48%
aulast - 47%
issn - 35%
atitle - 35%
DOI - 14%
ISBN – 5%
Based on an analysis of link-tos in the Cornell instance of the III WebBridge link resolver product.
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origin report for libx
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origin report for Summon
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core element report for ISSN
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Global use of OpenURL elements
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Frequency within 4,218,498 OpenURLs
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Frequency within 4,218,498 OpenURLs
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Frequency within 4,218,498 OpenURLs
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Inherent problems with the OpenURL linking model
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Next steps
• migrate system to NISO domain/server
• create screencasts and other documentation
• engage OQ Working Group members and others in analysis of data
• refine and enhance reports
• start talking to content providers about their link-to services
• more data
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Adam ChandlerDatabase Management and Electronic Resources Research LibrarianCentral Library OperationsCornell University Librarytel: 607-255-5760email: [email protected]
http://openurlquality.blogspot.com