Implementing and Customizing OpenURL

Kyle Banerjee

Oregon State Library

Why worry about OpenURL?

Make requesting items more convenient for patrons

Requests contain more complete information in the correct fields

Less staff time required to process requests

What is OpenURL?

Makes it possible to request a book or an article simply by clicking on a URL

Useful for linking citation databases directly to resources or to ILLiad so that users don’t need to key in data

http://index.osl.state.or.us/OpenURL/OpenURL?sid=EBSCO&genre=article&title={journal}&atitle={title}&ISSN={issn}&volume={volume}&issue={issue}&spage={strtpage}&aulast={author}&date={date}&notes={notes}

How do you install OpenURL?

You really need to read the directions – this is not intuitive (http://www.atlas-sys.com/)

You will need to manually install a java virtual machine, create some directories, and set permissions for your web server. If you follow the instructions, you’ll be fine.

Customizing OpenURL

Very easy to do Your imagination is the limit You can modify the appearance of the page

by header.jsp and footer.jsp that appear in the OpenURL directory

Don’t be afraid to direct OpenURL requests to a resolver before sending them to ILLiad

A simple examplehttp://webhost.osl.state.or.us/smartor/getsmart.php

TI: Models to evaluate headstarting as a management tool for long-lived turtlesAU: Heppell, SS; Crowder, LB; Crouse, DTJN: Ecological Applications [ECOL. APPL.]VO: 6, no. 2PG: 556-565PD: 1996IS:

TI: Population growth of northern anchovy and Pacific sardine using stage-specific matrix modelsAU: Lo, NCH; Smith, PE; Butler, JL JN: Marine ecology progress seriesVO: 127, no. 1-3PG: 15-26PD: 1995IS:

TI: Application of matrix population models to anadromous coregonid life cyclesAU: Morin, R; Doidge, DWCF: ConferenceJN: BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF COREGONID FISHESVO: 39, no. 3-4PG: 453-461PD: 1992IS:

TI: Equivalence relationships between stage-structured population modelsAU: Yearsley, JM; Fletcher, DJN: Mathematical BiosciencesVO: 179, no. 2PG: 131-143PD: Sep-Oct 2002IS:

TI: Modelling and control of a simple trophic aquatic systemAU: Acevedo, MF; Waller, WTVO: 131, no. 2-3PG: 269-284PD: 1 Jul 2000IS:

TI: A simulation model of the population dynamics of the branching coral Acropora palmata Effects of storm intensity and frequencyAU: Lirman, DRosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA, mailto:dlirman@rsmas.miami.eduJN: Ecological Modelling VO: 161, no. 3PG: 167-180PD: Mar 2003IS:

TI: Management of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus: implications of a stage-based modelAU: Brewster-Geisz, KK; Miller, TJJN: Fishery Bulletin VO: 98, no. 2PG: 236-249PD: Apr 2000IS:

TI: A Stochastic Stage-Based Population Model of the Sandbar Shark in the Western North AtlanticAU: Cortes, EPD: 24 Aug 1997ED: EditorMusick, JAJN: Life in the Slow Lane: Ecology and Conservation of Long-Lived Marine AnimalsPG: 115-136VO: 23IS:

TI: Quantile spline models for global temperature changeAU: Koenker, R; Schorfheide, FJN: Climatic ChangeVO: 28, no. 4PG: 395-404PD: 1994IS:

Things you need to know

Can significantly increase number of requests generated higher ILL expenses

Some providers do not construct good OpenURLs. This can lead to missing or erroneous data in requests.

OCLC number not transmitted Material type is not transmitted – videos look like

books Are you a glutton for punishment? See

http://library.caltech.edu/openurl/Standard.htm