the itam project incl. evaluating sfx

1Primary funding is provided by the JISC and ESRC. Based at Manchester Computing, The University of Manchester.

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The ITAM Projectincl. Evaluating SFX

Ross MacIntyre

MIMAS Service Manager

The ITAM ProjectJIBS/UKOLN OpenURL Seminar, 17th September 2003

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Service Portfolio


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ITAM Project

1. Finding the Service– Metadatabase– Collection Level Descriptions

2. Using the Service– Z39.50 – HTTP - OpenURL

• Standard definition• Implementations• Resolver trials (SFX)

3. Ob/Retaining Service Information/Data – Open Archive Initiative

4. How do you evaluate infrastructural stuff?


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OpenURL NISO Committee AX

• http://library.caltech.edu/openurl/• Members: Bell & Howell, CDL, CNRI, CIT, EBSCO,

Endeavor, Elsevier, ExLibris, Getty, Los Alamos, Manifest Solns, MIMAS, NLM, OCLC, Openly Info, Sirsi, Wiley.

• Started early in 2001• April 2003 Draft Standard v1.0 for Trial Use (May –

Nov 2003)

• 19 ‘triallers’ incl MIMAS & EDINA in UK


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OpenURL & MIMAS Services

• zetoc

• JSTOR

• ISI Web of Science -> ISI Web of Knowledge

• CrossFire

• LitLink


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SFX Resolver Trial

• Creating multiple instances• Shared server• National Default Resolver service

– Used by Plymouth, King’s College & Bath

• Hosted instances– For Bradford & U of Manchester

• Compare with other OpenURL resolvers• External evaluation


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Results – NDR, Bath (Since Nov02)

• Sources: Web of Science (ISI / MIMAS) Nov02, EMBASE (Ovid) Jan03, Sport Discus (Ovid) May03, Compendex (EDINA) May03, INSPEC (EDINA / Ovid) May03.

• Targets: ACS, AIOP, APS, ACM, Synergy, Nature, RSC, IEEE_Xplore, AP_Ideal, Allen_Press, Ingenta, Emerald, Highwire, IOP, JSTOR, Kluwer, OUP, SIAM, Springer, Wiley, WoS & Free Targets, incl. arXiv, DLib, PubMed, Amazon.

• Big plus = Provision of new links to full-text for users and independent of source service/publisher agreements.

• “even if half of the respondents didn't know about SFX, the half who have used it seemed quite positive about it “


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Roles & Responsibilities - Bradford

1. Initial Setup• Activate sources. Inform MIMAS when sources have been

activated.• Decide on customisation and branding for SFX Menu. Provide

CSS stylesheets to MIMAS if required.• Decide on active targets. Provide MIMAS with URL for: FAQ,

local feedback form, ILL/DocDel. Define target order in SFX Menu.

• Provide local holdings in Excel or tab-delimited text format (include at least ISSN, local threshold). Check results of load into SFX for errors.

• Nominate a contact point. Keep a diary of events! This to include reasoning behind decisions, experiences etc. Promote service. Collect feedback from users.


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R&R – Bradford

2. Monthly Maintenance• Investigate any changes to sources, targets or target

services that may affect Bradford.• Investigate holdings changes in monthly KB updates,

via 'REPORT of new items on Ex Libris website'; 'REPORT of changed items' and 'REPORT of deleted items' on the SFX server web page.

• Inform MIMAS if any changes are to be made to holdings following each monthly KB update, and provide these holdings in Excel or tab-delimited text format (include at least ISSN, local threshold).


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R&R - MIMAS

1. Initial Setup• Advise and customise SFX Menu as required.• Activate targets as required. Provide generic FAQ to build on, and

examples of other FAQs. Set up target for FAQ. Set up target for local feedback. Set up target for ILL/DocDel. Set up target order in SFX Menu as required.

• Provide initial holdings information from KB in tab-delimited text format.• Check local holdings files for errors. Load local holdings into SFX.

Provide results and brief analysis of loads.2. Monthly Maintenance• Investigate any changes to sources, targets or target services that may

affect Bradford.• Provide 'new.txt' files to Bradford that come with each monthly update.

These can be downloaded from the Ex Libris FTP site, and contain new OBJECTS in the update.

• Load monthly local holdings changes as required. Provide results and brief analysis of loads.


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Results – Hosted, Bradford(Since July 2002)

• 36 active Sources - most significant:ISI Web of Science, ASSIA, Proquest ABI/INFORM Global, EconLit, Philosopher’s Index, SportDiscus, Medline (OVID), AMED, CINAHL, PsycInfo, zetoc & MetaLib (though not currently rolled out to Users)

• 26 active Targets including:ACM Journals, Ask a Librarian, COPAC, EBSCOhost EJS, Sciencedirect, FAQ, MCB Emerald, Highwire Press (including ‘Free’), ISI Web of Science, Bradford OPAC, Nature, Proquest ABI/INFORM Global, SwetsWise, Blackwell Synergy, Wiley Interscience

• Over 4,000 full text journals linked via SFX • Only branding was to use University house style for SFX menu.• “Reaction from Users at Bradford has been overwhelmingly positive”• “partnership with MIMAS has given us a relatively pain-free transition

into the service and a solid basis on which to build our combined SFX/MetaLib service.“


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SFX Statistics Include

• Number of SFX Requests/day• Requests/Source• Requests by Object Type (e.g. article)• Journals Accessed• Books Accessed• Requests by Service Type (e.g. full text)• Full Text Targets • Services Preferred over full text


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Top 20 Journals - ManchesterMar-03

Journal Title ISSN Number Of Requests

NURSING TIMES THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF NURSING 0954-7762 116

THE LANCET 0140-6736 114

SCIENCE 0036-8075 77

BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 0959-8138 77

DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL 0419-4217 67

JAMA THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 0098-7484 65

NATURE 0028-0836 65

BRITISH JOURNAL OF NURSING 0966-0461 58

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 0028-4793 52

PROFESSIONAL NURSE THE LEADING UPDATE FOR CLINICAL NURSES 0266-8130 50

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 0021-972X 43

JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY 0315-162X 42

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 0021-9258 40

BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL CLINICAL RESEARCH EDITION 1468-5833 38

ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 0003-9926 35

BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL EDITION 0959-8146 35

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 0025-729X 34

MATURITAS 0378-5122 34

ONCOGENE AND ONCOGENE REVIEWS 0950-9232 33

JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING 0309-2402 33


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Top 5 Books - Manchester

Mar-03

Book Title ISBNNumber of

Requests

Autobiographical memory : theoretical and applied perspectives / edited by Charles P Thompson [et al] . 19980-8058-

2075-2 23

Facial attractiveness : evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives / edited by Gillian Rhodes and Leslie A. Zebrowitz . 2002

1-56750-636-4 12

Schizotypy : implications for illness and health / edited by Gordon Claridge . 1997

0-19-852353-X 8

Facial attractiveness : evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives / edited by Gillian Rhodes and Leslie A. Zebrowitz . 2002

1-56750-637-2 8

Validation in psychology / [by] Ellis, Hadyn [Editor] ; Macrae, Neil [Editor] . 20010-7658-

0647-9 7


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Talking Shop 1 – June 2002

• Implementors– LBS, Loughborough, Royal Holloway, UEA,

Westminster & AstraZeneca

• SFX Hosting Institution– MIMAS

• Evaluators– Bradford, King’s College, Manchester & Plymouth

• External Evaluator– Loughborough


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Use of SFX in ‘ac.uk’

• Maximise use of (appropriate) e-resources1. to increase use of (their) e-journals

2. provide links from bibliographic resources

• Help with e-journal management – please!• All sources possible, targets limited to major

‘bundled’ deals – ‘slowly & accurately’• Launch ‘quickly but quietly’


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Talking Shop 2 – July 2003

• National Default Resolver & Hosted Instances: – MIMAS(SFX), Bath (NDR), Bradford (Hosted)

• OpenURL Implementors:– Royal Holloway(SFX), Wetminster (Metalib/SFX),

UEA(Metalib/SFX), Bradford(Metalib/SFX), Derby(1Cate), Bangor(WebBridge), Edinburgh(LinkFinder+)

• Other OpenURL: – Project OLIVE (DiVLE), UKOLN, JISC, EDINA

• External Observers:– Loughborough

• Vendor:– Ex Libris


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External Evaluation Results

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Future

• Trial continues, self-funded from August 2003 -> July 2004

• MIMAS hosting & technical maintenance– 1 day per month

• 3 institutions (initially): – Bath, Manchester & UMIST (n.b. latter two to

become one institution during trial period)

• Talking Shop 3


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Thanks for listening

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the itam project incl. evaluating sfx

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sfx menu

local threshold

target order

check local holdings

target services

local feedback form

initial holdings information

sfx server web page